News / Passengers now the ‘freeloaders’, as air cargo keeps the aircraft flying

02/09/2020

August may traditionally be the ‘silly season’ – or slack season, in freight terms – but air cargo load factors are some 8% higher than a year ago, while volumes are down just 17% from 2019.

In the last week of August, volumes were just 4% ...

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