News / FAA extends exemption to allow passenger-freighters until year-end

The FAA has finally extended the exemption which allows passenger aircraft to carry cargo in the cabin.

The deadline expired on 10 July, but it has been extended until the end of this year; and EASA’s exemption in Europe also expires on 31 December.

The FAA noted that the “demand for passenger air travel has significantly increased; however, the amount of air freight capacity available on passenger-carrying part 121 flights remains below pre-Covid-19 pandemic levels … air freight capacity has not yet ...