Perishables sector must get more creative when booking air freight capacity

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Cargolux has called on the perishables industry to be more creative when booking space, with expected aircraft orders unlikely to satisfy demand.

Speaking to The Loadstar, Cargolux general product manager Stavros Evangelakakis and director of global logistics Franco Nanna called for the wider integration of predictive analytics.

Mr Nanna said growers and retailers of fresh fruit and vegetables alike needed to incorporate predictive analysis into their business models if they wanted to avoid capacity crunches.

“Based on the latest figures, freighter orders – and aircraft ...