Damage to ULDs costs the aviation industry $300m every year – plus a further $100m for fixing the scuffs and scrapes mishandled units cause to aircraft on the ground.
The good news is that the line on the graph is level, not upward, but IATA believes better care of ULDs and further investment by airlines in next-generation lightweight containers could cut the annual repair bill by more than 75%.
One problem, head of cargo operations Brendan Sullivan explained to the cargo media ...
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