Air France-KLM cargo losses grow – but freighter operations improve

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Air France-KLM managed to reduce operating losses from its full freighter operations in 2015 to €42m, from a loss of €97m a year before. ? and says it will break even on freighters by 2017. It phased out five freighters last year, causing full freighter capacity to drop by 23.2%.  However, the operating loss in the full cargo segment widened from -€212m to -€245m in 2015, a poor result it blamed on overcapacity. Volumes fell 7.5%, while cargo unit revenue ...