News / Christmas bonus for air cargo as rates soar due to west coast port congestion

17/11/2014

Costs for chartering a freighter to fly from China to the US have skyrocketed, with as much as a 100% rise in rates over the last few months.

While November lease rates for a round trip might rise, normally, to about $400,000 for a 747F, from ...

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Chuck Clowdis II
November 17, 2014 at 8:42 pm
Yet our Clients for whom we negotiated Contracts last year are enjhoying stable, reasonable rates despite th rise in freighter leases you mention.

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