News / Don't get intoxicated by ecommerce's 'quick buck', air cargo players warned

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Senior air cargo executives have warned the industry not to become too ‘intoxicated’ by the ’ecommerce  bubble’ – and to remember their original customers. 

Traditional shippers had begun to query high rates and lack of capacity, said Asok Kumar, head of global airfreight for DB Schenker – which estimates that about 2% of its airfreight volumes are ecommerce. 

Speaking at Tiaca’s Air Cargo Forum in Miami this week, Mr Kumar said: “We do have ecommerce customers, and we are supporting them in ...