Air cargo carriers: this is your moment – enjoy your profits, but play nicely

Dreamstime

01/10/2021

The numbers currently being bandied about are big ones: some $25,000 for an hour’s 747 charter; rates of $20 per kg offered to airlines for China-US.

Even volumes going the other way are on the rise. Chicago to South-east Asia has increased 20% in a week, ...

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Pichuiyer Balasubramanian
October 01, 2021 at 4:07 pm
You are extremely optimistic, I feel. Human beings are aware of only greed – not reasonable profits. Cannibalism in the short run – least bothered about long run and sustainability – and hide under the term ‘market dynamics’. And of course, many of our colleagues never forget to use the choicest respectable words such as ‘co-operation, partnership, win-win situation, collaboration’ when giving interviews or writing articles in the industry magazines…. but keep doing the opposite in reality. Long live air cargo industry.

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- Alex Lennane
  October 01, 2021 at 4:11 pm
  Bala! That made me smile – and feel depressed! But yes, I am optimistic, and I hope they profit AND serve their customers well. Both really should be possible.
  
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