News / Box lines entering air cargo arena 'means they think it has bright future'

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Director general of Tiaca Glyn Hughes has welcomed the entrance of container shipping lines into the global airfreight market, describing it as a “show of support” for the industry.

On the sidelines of the World Cargo Summit in Abu Dhabi this week, Mr Hughes told The Loadstar: “These carriers [like MSC and Maersk] made some $200bn collectively over the pandemic and they chose to invest that in airfreight,” said Mr Hughes.

“It shows that, long-term, they are seeing this as a sector with a ...