News / Air cargo loves a strike, elsewhere, but will US rail shutdown happen?

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Air cargo loves a strike – as long as it happens in a different mode.

Remember the US west coast port slowdown of 2014-2015? Airfreight happily picked up the pieces, getting a great boost in an otherwise lacklustre market.

This time, however, senior air executives don’t believe the threatened US rail strike will happen.

As The Loadstar explains today, the negotiations between railroads and some unions have foundered over sick leave – but the Presidential Emergency Board failed to address the issue in ...