Supply Chain Research

The decision by the Trump administration to ban passenger travel from the EU and U.K. to the U.S. could cut the capacity available to carry freight in the holds of passenger jets. Panjiva’s analysis shows airfreight accounted for 16.8% of U.S. imports from the EU in 2019 after growth in those imports of 6.9% year over year. While dedicated freighters mitigate the potential damage, the loss of passenger jets could still require a shift to seaborne shipments or increased logistics costs as passenger jets are retasked for cargo flights, as Delta Airlines is reportedly doing. The largest use...