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WFS Joins Coronavirus Relief
Effort in Italy

Worldwide Flight Services' (WFS) team at
Milan's Malpensa Airport is supporting the
urgent medical effort to save the lives of coronavirus victims in Italy by expediting the handling of time-sensitive materials destined for
hospitals and medical centers.
WFS expects to handle more charters into
Italy as it continues to give its full support to
the relief effort taking place across the country.
Organized by the Chinese Government, flights
also repatriated 187 Chinese citizens from Italy
to Wenzhu in southern Zhejiang Province.

"Cargo handling specialists at airports
around the world are playing a vital role in
helping governments and the healthcare sector
deal with the urgent medical response to the
outbreak of COVID-19," Massimiliano Introini,
managing director of WFS in Italy, said. "We are
ready to support more such flights to ensure
life-saving equipment reaches patients as
quickly as possible.
"The health and wellbeing of our staff,
alongside the safety and security of our operations, remains our highest priority and we
will continue to take the necessary measures to
protect all the people involved in this essential
work," he added.

Aeromexico to Use Passenger
Aircraft for Cargo

Due to the health contingency and supporting
the continuity of economies and businesses,
Aeromexico will use part of its grounded fleet
for cargo-only through its airfreight division,
Aeromexico Cargo.
The service is operated as a charter, meaning
on-demand and for shipping perishable products, live animals, high-value goods, technology
and drugs, among others. Domestically, Aero-

mexico can transport cargo to 41 airports and
internationally in the United States, Canada,
Central and South America, Asia and Europe.
The Boeing 787-9 on with which this first
service will operate is one of the most modern
aircraft in the world and friendly to the environment. This equipment emits, compared to
other aircraft, 57 percent less noise pollution
during take-off and landing and 20 percent less
carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions. The airline
also has its fleet of Boeing 737 aircraft to perform similar services.

Universal Supporting Humanitarian Medical Supply Missions
During the COVID-19 Crisis

Universal Weather and Aviation, Inc.
announced that it is donating services to support humanitarian medical supply missions
during the COVID-19 crisis. Universal Trip
Support is waiving its
fees on trip feasibility
assessments, research and consultation services
as well as ground handling setup charges for
any mission classified as a humanitarian medical supply flight.
"We are in an unprecedented and trying time
for our industry and the world. Business aviation missions are still flying and are now more
critical than ever as we battle the global coronavirus pandemic," said Universal Chairman
Greg Evans. "These missions are saving lives.
Together we need to find a way through the
continually changing restrictions now in place
that are impacting international operations
around the globe."
Since the start of the pandemic, Universal
team members around the globe have been
diligently supporting missions of these types
and finding solutions to make them happen.
Universal Trip Support teams are available to
help operators understand the current restrictions, which are changing by the hour, what
they are allowed to do, any crew restrictions
and local quarantines in place, what they can
expect on arrival, the documents they will need,
the questions they will be asked by authorities,
and what services are still in operation and
available.
"Now is the time for business aviation to
come together and support each other. Not just
for our industry, but for the people that fight
this pandemic and those in need" said Evans.

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