Flower shippers demand some loyalty as airlines shift capacity around
Carriers prioritising profit when deploying freighter capacity have caused “headaches” for Kenyan flower shippers forced ...
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Quito Airport in Ecuador has ambitions to become a key air freight transhipment hub for South America.
“Ecuador is in a central location and we want to take advantage of this geographical position as well as of the operational efficiencies that the airport offers,” said Carlos Criado, business development director of operator Quiport, told delegates at Air and Sea Cargo Americas in Miami last week.
“We want to be the logistics distributor for the region.”
The airport, which opened in 2013, has 10,000sq ...
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JPC
November 16, 2015 at 6:15 pmAll Mr. Criado’s comments are very interesting, but he neglects to inform the absolutely chaotic situations that we (forwarders) experience at the airport’s palletizing facilities during the peak seasons (or even when there is a flight delay). The delays at times can exceed 8 hours (in the cue waiting for reception of our cargo at the airport’s cool room facilities). These delays increases our labor and operational costs and in turn increase the costs for the importer.
The existing cool facilities offered by the airport is not near enough what is required during the peak seasons or when the existing cool rooms are full to the brim (when a 747 for example, is delayed).
The Airport’s ambition to offer a transhipment service would seem to be a situation of them trying to bite off more than they can chew…