News / AF-KLM takes a hard look at its freighter fleet, raising new doubts over Martinair

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Air France-KLM has given its clearest signal yet that it will dispense with, or at least further reduce, its freighter capacity as part of its strategic review – putting the future of the group’s all-cargo subsidiary Martinair in doubt.

Responding to recent media reports about a withdrawal from the maindeck market, Erik Varwijk, executive VP Air France-KLM-Martinair Cargo, said the group was “constantly studying our freighter footprint”.

Mr Varwijk accepted that the future of Martinair depended on “what decision we make”.

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