The STAT Trade Times - July 2020

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In the cover story we look at the thriving cargo business of North American carriers. While they await passenger demand to return to free up cargo capacity, airlines are betting big on their new business model of flying on-demand and scheduled cargo-only flights. In our focus, we bring the role air cargo played in flying queen bees to Canada to support the pollination-dependent crops of the country. In the guest column, Andrea Gruber of IATA writes on how quality in times of crisis cannot be jeopardised despite operational Covid-19 emergency challenges in vaccine distribution. We also have an update on how the logistics sector is building up capacity to transport a Covid-19 vaccine as and when it is ready for distribution. The special report in this issue is about cargo drones and how they continue to deliver critical medical supplies to hard-to-reach places, thereby demonstrating their long term big impact on human society. And in the industry report, we look at the dynamic changes taking place in the e-commerce industry and how logistics and delivery mechanisms in the first mile and last mile are going through remarkable change on account of the Covid-19.