Airports Council of Canada calls for lifting vaccination requirements
On June 6, Airports Council of Canada (CAC) issued a statement calling on the government to lift vaccination requirements for air passengers and aviation employees.
In order to mitigate the impact of the epidemic, the Canadian government has implemented mandatory vaccination for the aviation industry since October 2021, requiring every passenger and airline crew to be fully vaccinated. This is also a measure taken by many governments around the world.
Over the past few months, some countries have lifted vaccination requirements and opened their borders completely.
According to the International Air Transport Association (IATA) Travel Center, Canada has five travel regulations for the airline industry as of June 7, 2022. In short,
- Passengers and crew must be in the ArriveCAN app Upload vaccination certificate.
- Passengers must have a negative molecular test taken outside Canada 72 hours before departure, or a negative antigen test taken the day before departure.
- Passengers and crew are required to submit their information electronically via the ArriveCAN app or website up to 72 hours before arrival.
- Passengers may be subject to molecular testing upon arrival.
- Passengers may be quarantined for 14 days.
Maersk and CMA CGM expand air cargo capacity
On June 7, CMA CGM, a subsidiary of the shipping giant CMA CGM, stated that it had obtained an air carrier certificate issued by the French Civil Aviation Authority and is now a French airline . CMA CGM has established a new operation under its own name in France after taking delivery of its first Boeing 777 freighter, according to its first-quarter earnings report.
CMA CGM is moving its operating base from Liege Airport in Belgium to Paris Charles de Gaulle International Airport. CMA CGM launched CMA CGM in early 2021 and currently operates four Airbus A330-200 freighters and will Flights were outsourced to Air Belgium.
CMA CGM said it received its second 777 from Boeing Company during a ceremony in Washington. The Boeing 777 has a payload of 107 tons.
CMA CGM is increasing investment to double its fleet to 12 aircraft by 2025. The other two 777s on order are scheduled for delivery in 2024. CMA CGM has also committed to purchasing four Airbus A350 large freighters, which are initially expected to be added to the fleet between 2025 and 2026.
On Friday, CMA CGM reported first-quarter net income of $7.2 billion, 3.5 times its net income in the first quarter of 2021 and higher than its record quarterly performance in the fourth quarter of last year ($6.7 billion).
Last month, CMA CGM established a cargo alliance with Air France KLM. Through any of the three shipping companies, they can book and share each other's aircraft space and jointly improve their competitiveness by providing more services. CMA CGM also agreed to acquire 9% of Air France-KLM Group's shares, becoming the group's largest private shareholder.
Another shipping company AP Moller-Maersk has improved its competitiveness in contract logistics , freight forwarding and e-commerce through a series of recent acquisitions. Maersk has operated a logistics company and an airline for many years and is now investing more to become a global full-service provider of cargo logistics.
Maersk completed the acquisition of German freight forwarding company Senator International for US$644 million last week. Senator has long-term cooperation with airlines and provides shipping, warehousing, packaging and distribution services worldwide.
Maersk said it aims to carry about one-third of its air freight volume each year within a cargo network it controls, which includes Maersk freighters and chartered cargo services from other cargo airlines.
Maersk previously called its cargo airline Star Air and changed its name to Maersk Air Cargo in April.
Trailer manufacturer Fruehauf returns to the United States, Kentucky factory opens
Recently, American trailer manufacturer Fruehauf North America held a grand opening ceremony at its $15 million factory in Bowling Green, Kentucky, marking the opening of this tractor-trailer company. Trailer manufacturers resume production in the United States.
Fruehauf North America Chairman Eugenio Clariond said the 125,000-square-foot facility will be used for dry truck manufacturing and assembly operations, with a goal of producing 5,000 trailers per year. The factory aims to employ up to 290 workers and currently employs 75 people.
Company executives said the operation of the plant allows Fruehauf to better provide components to customers in the United States and Canada. Previously, Fruehauf's North American production operations were located in Mexico. Fruehauf closed its U.S. factory in 1997.
Fruehauf North America's history can be traced back to the Fruehauf Trailer Co. and its founder August Fruehauf (1868-1930), who invented the semi-trailer. By the 1960s, Fruehauf had become a global company with 16 manufacturing plants in the United States, Mexico, Europe, Latin America and Asia.
By the 1990s, Fruehauf's business declined and the company filed for bankruptcy protection. Fruehauf's U.S. trailer manufacturing and sales division was sold to Wabash National in 1997. The company's international divisions (in France, Japan, Mexico and New Zealand) continue to operate independently under the Fruehauf name.
Uber Eats crazy? Free food delivery in 48 states in the United States
On June 7, third-party food delivery platform Uber Eats launched a free delivery service to deliver food from restaurants in New York City, Los Angeles and Miami to any address in 48 states in the United States. This new service, Nationwide shipping, will use FedEx as the carrier.
The Nationwide delivery option has appeared on the Uber Eats homepage, and the ordering process is the same as a typical local order.
After placing an order, customers will receive an email from FedEx with tracking information. The screenshot shows that orders from Los Angeles to New York City will be delivered within a week.
Uber Eats couriers will not be involved in delivery. The merchant uses the shipping label provided by Uber Eats to package it with FedEx and hand it over to FedEx for shipping.
The nationwide delivery is just the latest in a series of recent delivery pilots for Uber Eats, which also includes on-demand grocery delivery and driverless robot delivery on the West Coast.
AirAsia uses software systems to reduce carbon dioxide emissions
On June 5, AirAsia announced that it will install an innovative software called Descent Profile Optimiser (DPO) on its A320ceo aircraft on World Environment Day . This software upgrade will Helps save fuel and significantly reduce CO2 emissions.
This new initiative aims to reduce fuel consumption and improve fuel efficiency . It can reduce fuel consumption by up to 0.75%, which is equivalent to reducing carbon dioxide emissions by 101 kilograms per flight. can also reduce more than 101 kilograms of carbon dioxide emissions per aircraft per year. 221 tons of CO2 emissions. Once this software is installed on AirAsia's 17 aircraft, it will reduce CO2 emissions by 3,764 tons per year, which is equivalent to planting 62,700 urban trees.
AirAsia Group Bhd (AAAGL) Group CEO Bo Lingam said, “As the travel industry begins to recover and we expect to return to pre-pandemic levels by the end of this year, we must revisit our climate strategy and establish new mechanisms and processes to minimize the environmental impact of our flight operations."
In addition to the DPO, AirAsia has also implemented several other key initiatives to reduce fuel consumption and carbon emissions, such as single-engine taxiing (in-flight procedures using one engine instead of two during the taxi phase), idle reverse landing (using idle engine thrust during landing instead of powered thrust to reduce noise and fuel burn) and the Required Navigation Performance Authorization (RNP-AR) method ( A method of landing in the shortest possible time using procedures using the aircraft's advanced navigation capabilities rather than conventional ground equipment). In 2021, these measures enabled AirAsia to reduce CO2 emissions by 11,175 tonnes, which is equivalent to planting 186,250 urban trees.
