News / Economic and ocean woes provide a welcome lift for air freight

07/03/2017

Forwarders are reporting congestion and higher rates on westbound air freight, particularly out of the UK, as a combination of a low pound, strong demand and congested sea freight start to bite.

One source noted that most air freight carriers appeared to have a two-to-three-day backlog, with routes ...

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