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Is today the day the music stops in airfreight? 

2 May: infamously, the day the de minimis exemption ends for China and Hong Kong exports to the US valued at $800 or less – followed, in all likelihood, by a severe downturn in volumes between the ...

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  • Stan Wraight

    May 02, 2025 at 2:21 pm

    Just one slight alterations would have made it a great article greater Alex, “Is today the day the music stops in airfreight?” PLEASE change to USA Airfreight, the world is NOT the USA and e-commerce is so effective and robust globally it will continue to grow especially to the rest of the developing world

    • Alex Lennane

      May 02, 2025 at 2:26 pm

      Thanks for the comment Stan. I’d argue that the amount of capacity expected to be available now, means that for airlines everywhere, there will be pressure on rates and yields…

  • Stan Wraight

    May 03, 2025 at 3:39 pm

    Totally agree Alex re effects that are possible it’s just to alert everyone that we are a flexible and global community very, very used to drama like this. Overcapacity in the freighter market is going to be there but I can assure you that every ceo of a pure freighter airline knows his costs, sometimes it’s better to park than fly sometimes. Hopefully the airlines will figure this out and not do anything ridiculous re rates.