News / Europe's smaller cargo airports scramble to grab China trade from major gateways

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Europe’s secondary cargo airports are jockeying for a greater slice of Chinese trade as the continent’s major gateways struggle with congestion and traffic restrictions.

According to René Droese, cargo managing director at Budapest Airport, secondary cargo hubs can give shippers’ supply chains some much-needed flexibility.

“The feedback from shippers is very clear, they care more than ever about timely cargo deliveries and using uncongested airports,” he said today at the Air Cargo China event in Shanghai.

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