News / Lack of freighters means a capacity crunch and limited air cargo growth

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While air cargo demand factors will be hard to predict in “a year of uncertainty”, the outlook for capacity, exacerbated by an ageing fleet and slow deliveries, is depressingly clear, delegates at this week’s World Cargo Summit in Bruges heard.

“Demand constantly outstripped supply growth month by month” in 2024, according to McKinsey data, and the lack of capacity available in the market it set to be one of the biggest threats to the industry’s growth in the coming years.

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