New rules to cut cargo hauls 10%: CAL
LEFT OUT TO DRY?
A freight forwarder manager said that the capacity issue is more worrying than a rate hike, as no airlines can offer flights to offset the reduced capacity
By Kao Shih-ching / Staff reporter
The stricter anti-COVID-19 measures that the Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC) has imposed on China Airlines Ltd (CAL, 中華航空) are predicted to reduce the airline’s cargo capacity by about 10 percent, the company said yesterday, rejecting market speculation of a 50 to 80 percent cut.
A CAL official told the Taipei Times that the center’s measures, dubbed the “Down to Zero 2.0” plan, had been misunderstood, as many thought that all 1,279 CAL pilots would immediately stop flying and be quarantined at government centers.