Air Cargo Impact From Post-Crash MD-11 Grounding Seen as 'Minimal,' Analysts Say

Air cargo impact from post-crash MD-11 grounding seen as 'minimal,' analysts say

Air cargo could be impacted by the UPS and FedEx fleet groundings ahead of the busy holiday season.

Air cargo impact from post-crash MD-11 grounding seen as 'minimal,' analysts say

The grounding of MD-11 aircraft after the deadly crash of a UPS plane earlier this month could boost air cargo rates during the peak holiday shipping season, with some capacity out of the market, but analysts aren't expecting a big impact. The Federal Aviation Administration on Nov. 8 prohibited…

The MD-11 broke early – and so did air cargo’s faith in old Iron

When I first wrote that two seemingly unconnected crashes – a UPS MD-11F in Louisville and an Emirates 747 freighter in Hong Kong – had exposed deeper structural weaknesses in global air cargo, it was still unclear how far the fallout might extend. Now, with preliminary data emerging from the US National Transportation Safety Board* (NTSB) and regulators keeping the MD-11 grounded worldwide, that “systemic stress test” described in earlier cover…