The STAT Trade Times - April 2020

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In the April issue of The STAT Trade Times we comprehensively illustrate the effects of novel coronavirus pandemic on the air cargo and aviation industries. We bring you a cover story on a key topic of cargo handling in the times of a pandemic by Surya Kannoth. The cover story highlights the draconian consequences of Covid-19 pandemic on the cargo capacity, while giving insights into how cargo handlers are putting their best foot forward to ensure that cargo moves safely from the apron not just to the aircraft belly but to passenger seats as well.
Our Industry report by Shalini Nair discusses how GSSAs are helping the aviation stakeholders to overcome the current challenges encircling the Covid-19 pandemic. Read our special report by Libin Chacko Kurian on how the transatlantic air cargo is being squeezed to its limits in the wake of aggressively spreading novel coronavirus. The report discusses how the regulatory changes, in an attempt to curb the Covid-19 spread, have created a tension between the air cargo community and how the air cargo continues to fly essential supplies across Atlantic.
Our focus on the subject of Hi-tech tools for logistics, covered by Prasad Badgujar, shares cases of modern tech tools that are being pushed to fore and creating a logistics response that is trying to make the supply chains more fluid, while the novel coronavirus pandemic remains violent.