Shipper frustration as spot rates rise alongside demand, and cargo is rolled
A strengthening demand scenario on the Asia-European trades appears to have caught carriers and forwarders ...
Brussels Airlines, whose parent company is 45% owned by Lufthansa, has finally decided to join the German carrier’s new pricing structure. Starting on October 25, the airline will charge one “consolidated airfreight surcharge” and a fixed net sum. The surcharge will include all external costs outside the airline’s control, such as fuel, airport taxes and security charges. The carriers insist that the effect will be price-neutral, just simpler. Forwarders have reacted in different ways to Lufthansa’s charges. But with several different pricing structures in place throughout the airline industry, some of which vary by region too, customers are also saying that the administrative burden to manage the different structures is increasing.
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