News / Happy new year, but celebrations in Asia are good and bad news for air cargo

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Let’s start with the good news for carriers: air freight capacity into China, in advance of Chinese New Year, has been so tight from Australia and New Zealand that shippers are losing out.

The CEO of Cherry Growers Australia told Reuters sales could have doubled if there had been sufficient capacity.

Simon Boughey said: “The demand [for cherries] is there, we just can’t keep up, we need that … air space. It’s an issue that needs to be sorted before next season.”

Another Australian fruit ...