![Global cargo demand slow to improve: IATA](https://worldofaviation.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/EDkkVz4XoAARlAY.jpg-large_1170-770x420.jpeg)
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has released its data for global air freight markets, which suggests a slight improvement in cargo demand, albeit at a slower pace than was expected. In each case, global demand for cargo largely improved in June when compared with May, however overall figures are well below that of June
![Feature: The surprising ways COVID-19 has reshaped aviation](https://worldofaviation.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/download-1.jpeg)
From pigs to shipping masks, hazmat suits, medical equipment, and even street-disinfecting vehicles, COVID-19 has radically reshaped the nature of cargo.
![Amazon Air to expand Boeing fleet](https://worldofaviation.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/1024px-n337az_at_smf-1.jpg)
Amazon Air has signed a lease agreement that will see Bezos' cargo arm take on 12 Boeing 767-300s from Ohio-based Air Transport Services Group (ATSG).
![Feature: How lack of passenger planes hurts cargo](https://worldofaviation.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Grounded-American-2-770x420.jpg)
Almost 80 per cent of the commercial aircraft in the world have been grounded, and that's a logistical nightmare for global freight shipping.
![Etihad makes world-first flight to Israel](https://worldofaviation.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/airbus-a320-etihad-ala-jul16-r.jpg)
Amidst a host of firsts for the aviation industry, the COVID-19 outbreak has seen Etihad Airways operate the first direct commercial flight from the UAE to Israel. A twin-jet Boeing 787-9 departed Abu Dhabi on 19 May bound for Tel Aviv, carrying humanitarian aid and medical supplies destined for Palestinian communities in the West Bank
![US calls on allies to help block Iran-Venezuela flights](https://worldofaviation.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/mahan.jpg)
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has called on allies to deny overflight rights to Mahan Air, Iran's largest privately-owned airline, after accusing it of delivering "unknown support" to Venezuela amidst the Covid-19 crisis.