Drilling Deep EP21 The air cargo industry scrambles for a quick reinvention in the age of the pandemic

Published: May 1, 2020, 2:51 p.m.

b'Airlines have suffered mightily from the loss of passenger traffic as a result of the pandemic. But there also has been a demand for its services to move a lot of freight including an area that has always been taken to the skies to move from point A to point B: medical supplies.\\nOn this week\'s Drilling Deep podcast, host John Kingston talks with his colleague Eric Kulisch of FreightWaves on how airlines have tried to use their spare capacity to compensate for their loss in passenger movement. There are fewer commercial passenger flights with their bellies filled with freight along with luggage. But there is still demand for those services and Eric will talk about how airlines are responding. \\xa0\\nJohn will also discuss whether diesel prices have come down "enough" at the pump given the decline in other prices. The question: what constitutes "enough"?\\n\\xa0\\nMore FreightWaves podcasts\\nApple Podcasts\\nSpotify\\n\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices'