News / Unsustainable air freight rate hikes are not healthy, say shippers

24/04/2017

Air freight rates should develop in line with the market, rather than through unsustainable price hikes, according to the European Shippers Council (ESC).

Responding to a Loadstar article this week, Rogier Spoel, ESC’s air freight policy manager, called for a “healthy market”.

“In our view, sustainable rates are also stable ...

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Arthur Brown
April 24, 2017 at 2:11 pm
The shippers have been driving pricing down due to excess of belly capacity. Now that capacity is shrinking, they are warning carriers of “unsustainable price increases”? They enjoyed the market when they helped drive down – now it’s time to reap what they’ve sown as the capacity supply shrinks.

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