Airfreight faces capacity challenge, as widebody fleet growth falters
Shippers and forwarders are facing the prospect of tightening airfreight capacity driving up pricing. Growth ...
By Alex Lennane
A booming African market is sending Kenya Airways to get out its orderbook to acquire more – and bigger – freighters, according to Bloomberg. It currently operates four 737Fs.
Cargo director Dick Murianki said demand was growing at about 11% a year, and the intra-African market was hotting up.
“A few years ago we were talking about less than 5% of intra-African trade; we are now going toward 20%, and it’s going to increase.”
CH Aviation reports.
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