Expect a shift in airfreight market as ecommerce changes tack
Airfreight shippers should expect to see market shifts as ecommerce players change strategies. While the ...
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By Alex Lennane
Air freight is getting more expensive – but all flights aren’t full, signalling that demand is not yet as strong as expected.
According to the latest figures from Clive Data Services, capacity in October was 17% higher than a year earlier, while the dynamic load factor was 3 percentage points down, at 68%, although it rose 2 percentage points from September.
Rates, however, were 37% higher than a year earlier, but Clive noted that there were “significant market performance deviations”.
“Flights ex-Asia Pacific-Europe ...
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