Box-ticking, with fitting in the school run still the poser for women in air cargo
Last week’s CNS conference’s Women in Air Cargo panel succeeded in highlighting the inequities in ...
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Global trade tensions and weakened consumer confidence is, apparently, not enough to keep the air freight sector down. Reuters reports that an “explosion” in e-commerce demand has buoyed carriers’ hopes of another bumper year of profitability. Citing IATA, the report claims demand for air cargo capacity will rise 4% this year, with “freight-heavy” carriers like Cathay, Emirates, Lufthansa, and Korean set to be the big winners. Of course, the likes of FedEx and UPS – facing its first strike since 1997 – are also set to be beneficiaries of booming online consumption.
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