AirCnC - The Platform to connect crisis demand for cargo with available aviation capacity

在新冠肺炎疫情期间，货运和货运航班是为数不多的几个为航空业运营并创造收入的领域之一。从历史上看，货运和货运的投资少于客运航空，但现在是支撑多家行业运营商商业地位的努力的重点。许多行业的供应链已经中断，出现了新的物流要求，特别是关键的医疗设备和个人防护设备供应的流动。目前，航空公司没有有效的方式将可用的运力与迫切需要运输货物的组织联系起来。航空公司和个别组织之间的安排是单方面的--这是一种效率低下、可伸缩性差的方法。通过与民航局和端到端航空货运供应链中广泛的利益相关者密切合作，我们将专注于了解行业如何受到新冠肺炎的影响，了解根本原因，并制定一套系统性改革建议，以提供更有效的解决方案，以应对未来的高峰或类似危机情况，并与业界合作开始实施。各国将以不同的速度复苏，乘客数量可能会下降一段时间，但对供应的需求，包括样品和关键时间设备，将在几个月内保持高位，未来的激增可能会导致以前的情况重演。我们意识到航空对环境的影响，这个项目的重点是效率：更好地利用现有航班的闲置能力，而不是简单地刺激额外的飞机飞行。我们的建议还将提供长期的去碳化和噪音污染好处，因为该项目的重点是通过利用“浪费的空间”来提高目前运营的航班的效率。高使用率的飞机交通还可能导致公路货运量减少，从而带来污染和拥堵好处。

During the Covid-19 pandemic, cargo and freight flights are amongst the few areas operating and generating revenue for the aviation sector. Cargo and freight have historically had less investment than passenger air travel but are now the focus of efforts to shore up commercial positions of multiple industry operators. Supply chains have been disrupted in many industries and new logistics requirements have emerged, notably including movements of critical supplies of medical equipment and personal protection equipment.There is currently no efficient way for airlines to connect available capacity with organisations urgently needing to transport goods. Arrangements are being made unilaterally between airlines and individual organisations – an approach which is inefficient and scales poorly. By working closely with the Civil Aviation Authority and a broad range of stakeholders across the end to end Air Cargo supply chain we will focus on learning how the industry was impacted by Covid-19, understand the root causes and develop a set of recommendations for systemic change to provide a more effective robust to future spikes or similar crisis situations and the working with the industry to start the implementation. Countries will recover at different rates and passenger numbers may be down for some time, but demand for supplies, including samples and time-critical equipment, will remain high for months and future spike will likely result in repeats of previous situations We are aware of the impact aviation has on the environment and this project is focused on efficiency: better utilising spare capacity on existing flights rather than simply stimulating additional aircraft movements. Our recommendations will also provide a long term de-carbonisation and noise pollution benefit as the focus of the project is on increasing the efficiency of flights currently operating by utilising ‘wasted space’. High utilisation aircraft traffic may also lead to a reduction in road cargo with consequent pollution and congestion benefits.