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Cargo carriers are struggling to keep sustainable load factor levels in an industry still affected by overcapacity. In fact, demand and supply have been out of sync ever since 2011, where ATKs rose by 6.4%, far outgrowing FTKs (+0.9%)1. From that point onwards, cargo demand ...

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  • Mike Sales

    September 03, 2013 at 12:11 pm

    You make no mention of the small to medium freighter sector nor the AN heavylift. Are these included in the assessment of the total market as they form a significant part of it?

  • Marco Bloemen

    September 03, 2013 at 3:49 pm

    Thanks Mike for your note. Indeed, in the overall assessment on demand versus supply these are included. More details on this analysis will be shared at the Freighter World Conference in Abu Dhabi on September 30.

    best regards, Marco

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