News / IAG Cargo says 'structural change' will boost shared freighter model

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The air freight market has undergone a structural change that diminished the need for freighters, according to IAG Cargo’s Jude Winstanley, former head of freighters.

But the carrier has not ruled out a return to the maindeck business, he said.

Speaking at this week’s Freighters and Belly Cargo conference in Budapest, Mr Winstanley, now head of network for IAG Cargo, argued that having three 747-8Fs “just didn’t work”.

“IAG thinks there was a structural change in the market. It’s a fact that airlines ...