January air freight results are in – but are they meaningful?

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IATA has had it in the neck from Cargo Facts. This article looks at the association’s air freight figures for January, and asks why there is so much doom and gloom for the month, when at no point was Chinese new year and its not inconsiderable affect on the market mentioned. IATA said January saw a 3.2% year-on-year increase ? and concluded “air freight makes a slow start in 2015”. It continued its forecasts for the year in a fairly ...