Can pharma save South Africa's air freight business?

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Perishable volumes shipped by air in South Africa have shrivelled as rising costs, competition from other carriers ? and African countries ? have harmed the trade.

Ronel Rossouw, national sales manager for South African Airlines, told the Cool Logistics conference in Cape Town last month that “the business is dying”.

“We are getting more money moving perishables between Johannesburg and Cape Town that we do to London these days,” she said. “Intra-South Africa is definitely a growing market. But the real trend ...