News / Air cargo peak looms, Flexport warns – or here already and getting intense

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Air cargo’s peak season will start in August – or rather, the existing peak will “get worse”, according to Flexport.

A perfect storm of high demand – in part driven by the slow-moving and expensive sea freight market, low sales-to-inventory ratio, increased e-commerce and low capacity – is set to see the second half busy in the skies.

“Prepare for a more intense traditional peak season,” Neel Jones Shah, head of air freight, told customers on a webinar.

“A lot of shippers are ...