Delayed arrival of freighters may prevent 'a bloodbath' in air cargo market
Only a trickle of large widebody freighters will join the global fleet this year and, ...
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By Alex Lennane
Airlines will be relieved – the US Ex-Im bank is back. After five months of political rowing over the issue, on Friday the bank was reauthorised – albeit it with a reduced lending limit of $135bn, down from $140bn. It was also told that 25% of its operations should be focused on helping small businesses, up from 20%. Used by airlines to help finance aircraft purchases, its closure had seen several companies warn Boeing that without the funding they would ...
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