News / Egyptair Cargo bucks market trend and unveils new Middle East freighter routes

There may have been another annual decline for African carriers, but that has not stopped Egyptair Cargo announcing it is to expand scheduled freighter operations into the Middle East.

The decision comes on the back of a year in which African carriers saw FTKs fall below those of 2017 in nine of the past 10 months.

“This has followed a period of very strong growth in the second half of 2016 and into 2017, which peaked at more than 30% year-on-year in ...