12 May Boeing Sees April Pass With Zero Airliner Orders Boeing Co. failed to sell a single commercial airplane and saw orders for 108 planes canceled in April as a sharp drop in air travel erased any demand among airlines for new jetliners. Read more...
12 May Airlines Granted More Flight Cuts as Consumer Complaints Surge Struggling U.S. airlines will get more freedom to stop flying to some U.S. cities amid scant demand from passengers who’ve filed thousands of complaints to U.S. regulators about carrier refund policies, the Transportation Department said May 12. Read more...
12 May Perspective: Crisis Reveals Strength of Industry While the supply chain may have bent at the beginning of the coronavirus crisis, it did not break — and that was due to the dedication, hard work and coordination of many trucking companies, truck drivers, mechanics, dockworkers and others who met the challenge head-on. Read more...
12 May Oil’s Scenario of Exhausted Storage Starts to Fade While the global oil market remains in a dire situation, it’s starting to look like the nightmare scenario envisioned for the past month might just be averted. Read more...
12 May Core Consumer-Price Index Fell by Most on Record in April A key measure of U.S. consumer prices declined in April by the most on record as travel and apparel spending collapsed during the coronavirus pandemic. Read more...
12 May North Carolina Extends Expiration Dates for Licenses, Registrations The North Carolina Division of Motor Vehicles will extend license and registration expiration dates for more than two dozen credentials, including those that apply to truck drivers, in accordance with Gov. Roy Cooper’s COVID-19 relief package. Read more...
12 May COVID-19 Will Exacerbate Rural Transportation Funding Needs, TRIP Finds Rural transportation needs face a significant funding deficit that will be compounded by the coronavirus pandemic’s blow to state revenue sources, according to a recent report from The Road Information Program. Read more...
11 May Diesel Prices Level Off as Oil-Producing Nations Cut Output Further The average price of a gallon of diesel fuel fell only half a penny nationwide to $2.394 from $2.399 the previous week, according to the Energy Information Administration's weekly report May 11. Read more...
11 May California Trucking Association Continues Fight Against AB 5 The California Trucking Association continues to lay the legal groundwork to block the state from enforcing a law aimed at reclassifying owner-operators as motor carrier employees. Read more...
11 May Musk Says Tesla Poised to Defy California County, Reopen Car Plant Elon Musk said Tesla Inc. is flouting the California county that has blocked its efforts to reopen its only U.S. car plant by restarting production at the facility. Read more...