News / Air freight services in China still in flux, with cargo bottlenecks on the cards

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As airlines continue to pare Chinese services, with much belly capacity now not returning until the summer season begins in April, freight data on the routes is becoming harder to interpret – but a freight “bottleneck” is expected soon.

“Index transactional data is very thin, increasing the noise and volatility of prices on the smaller amount of transactions taking place,” noted Freight Investor Services yesterday.

“Charters have largely dominated inbound traffic; however, a backlog of airfreight capacity orders has yet to materialise, ...