News / Airlines struggle to limit capacity as drop in ex-Asia traffic prolongs weak market

28/08/2015

There was a slight improvement in westbound air freight rates in July, according to freight analyst Drewry.

Drewry’s East-West Air Freight Price Index, a weighted average of rates on 21 Asia-Europe, transpacific westbound and transatlantic westbound trades, recovered two points to reach 90.3 last month. In ...

To read this article you need to subscribe.

Help us to continue to invest in award-winning independent journalism. For an introductory offer of just £70 a year, or £10 per month, get access to all our daily news stories and opinion. If you are already a registered user, please login below with your current account's email and password to subscribe. If you are not registered and want to subscribe, please register below to subscribe.

Current subscriber

New subscriber