News / Air cargo matures at last, as online booking grows in popularity

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Has the air cargo industry finally grown up? Xeneta’s Niall van de Wouw said today that the lack of a chaotic peak showed market maturity; while the self-styled “forwarder’s airline”, Cargolux, has announced it is now selling capacity across a variety of online platforms, a marked departure from its previous strategy – although CEO Richard Forson first mooted it over a year ago. 

Booking maturity may not yet mean profitability for the tech providers, but airlines are increasingly embracing a wide ...