News / National Airlines needs US safety rule exemption to fly more oversize cargo

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US cargo carrier National Airlines is hoping to increase its business in the outsize cargo sector after petitioning the US DoT for an exemption on safety rules for 747 freighters.

Claiming that a rule relating to the tie-down of tall, rigid cargo has cost it millions of dollars in lost business, National has requested to be allowed to move the cargo without the ‘9G’ requirement.

National – along with rivals such as Atlas Air and Kalitta – has an exemption already, but it only applies to flights to and ...