News / Cathay Pacific stays bullish on freighters despite profits being only pie-in-the-sky

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Despite significantly growing volumes in the air cargo market, profits from the freighter business remain hard to achieve, delegates at the Freighters and Belly Cargo World Conference heard in Budapest this week.

James Woodrow, director cargo for Cathay Pacific, admitted: “We haven’t made money from freighters ...