Overcapacity looms for ocean trades – with more blanked sailings inevitable
Notwithstanding the possible effects of the US tariffs on global container trades, the box lines ...
By Alex Lennane
Airlines are complaining that their competitors are dropping rates too low in what is already a soft market.
Anecdotal evidence from across the air cargo market suggests that several carriers are chasing market share – in particular one Gulf carrier and at least one from Europe.And with more than enough capacity in the market, airlines which care about their break-even points are struggling to attract customers.
“To put it bluntly, some of our competitors have no idea of the value of their capacity, or what ...
Comment on this article
John Roberts
February 15, 2016 at 3:16 pmIt’s easy for Swissair to put a spin on a story like this as most general cargo won’t even fit on their planes out of the UK so of course they have to look for small high yield cargo otherwise they’d be empty.
I don’t see individual airlines offering much in the way of added value like they think they do. They all fly to similar destinations in similar sized planes at similar speeds and use similar handling companies at each end. Some have better tracking than others but unless I’m missing something, I can’t see what the differentiating factor is other than price. Its therefore no wonder than it’s a competitive market where some are already close to the limit of what price they can make money at.
IGNATIOUS GILBERT
February 25, 2016 at 6:04 amplease inform any vacancy in cargo field