Frustration for Egyptian exporters as air freight on passenger aircraft is restricted
Egyptian exporters face a difficult few months following restrictions on some airlines on carrying freight ...
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By Alex Lennane
Both IATA and WorldACD this morning released downbeat data showing that air freight growth remains sluggish.
IATA showed that FTK growth in May rose 2.1% year-on-year, the slowest rate so far in 2015, while capacity increased 4.3%. WorldACD had more depressed figures, stating growth of just 1.8% in May, while yields fell 2% compared with April.
However, it noted that it was hard “to establish the impact of lower fuel prices and shifts to all-in pricing. At this stage, we state cautiously ...
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John Roberts
July 06, 2015 at 2:05 pmMaybe it’s time for some innovation in the air freight industry as not much seems to have happened since the days of the Wright Brothers. There is no point moaning about prices and yields if you do nothing to improve the service level. You can’t expect customers to keep on paying the same (or more) for a service that doesn’t add any more value than it did 25 years ago. Some airlines don’t even have tracking that works properly yet. Some airlines, GSAs and air freight hauliers barely manage to answer the phone and most handling sheds create their own traffic jams on a daily basis. Is this the best we can do in the 21st Century?