News / US airlines and forwarders that don't consolidate cargo are 'digging their own graves'

US airlines and forwarders appear to have lost, or abandoned, skills that used to be central planks of doing business – and the neglect is hitting their bottom lines.

The larger US airlines have trailed their smaller rivals in cargo relative to their respective size, said Tim Strauss, vice president, cargo, at Hawaiian Airlines.

Hawaiian has outpaced its larger US rivals in cargo growth over the past three years. Since 2012 only two US passenger carriers, Hawaiian and Southwest, have grown their cargo business ...