ICAO: why a focus on air cargo is crucial

© Denise Kappa |

ICAO will be speaking at the European Aviation Conference, and will focus on air cargo for good reason, explains Benny Mantin

The recent Covid-19 epidemic shed a shining light on the (literally) vital importance of logistics, and air cargo in particular. Passenger airlines halted their operations, taking with them roughly half of the world’s air cargo capacity (passenger plane belly holds). Cargo freighters and integrated express operators kept going regardless. Without them, the effects of the pandemic would have been much ...