Shipper Alert: U.S. & Canada Air Freight Disruptions from Weather & Delta Crash
Air freight disruption and delays are happening in the U.S. and Canada because of winter storms and a Delta Airlines crash that happened at the Toronto airport last week.
Eric Kulisch reports in FreightWaves that the Delta jet crash paired with three major snow storms resulted in two runway closures at the Toronto Pearson International Airport. One of those is the busiest runway in all of Canada. There are at least two other runways open there, but that doesn’t stop the closures from being significant.
The bad weather goes down from Canada into several U.S. states, impacting air freight there too. Kulisch writes:
Adverse weather conditions disrupted flight activity at the FedEx (NYSE: FDX) global air hub in Memphis, Tennessee, and some customers could experience delivery delays on Wednesday, the company said in a service alert posted online. FedEx does not provide refunds or credits under its money-back-guarantee program when it declares a National Service Disruption.
Several inches of snow and sleet fell across the mid-South, including Memphis, Tuesday night. Bitterly cold weather is forecast to continue in the region through Friday, according to weather reports.
FedEx earlier this week notified customers of possible delays related to the heavy flooding in Kentucky.
FedEx isn’t the only provided of air freight services impacted by the weather and crash. Kulisch continues with:
The snowstorm also reached Louisville, Kentucky, home to UPS’ (NYSE: UPS) main air hub. The express delivery and logistics giant said scheduled delivery times for a limited number of air and international packages may be affected by operational disruptions at the Worldport facility.
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Air Canada (TSX: AC) on Tuesday said it has canceled nearly 1,300 flights over the past six days, but the flight limitations at its Toronto hub are slowing the recovery.
The snow, sleet, and bitter cold throughout the Midwest, into the South, and in Canada is expected to last through the week and could create delays on air freight that would likely impact schedules for next week and the week after.
