Perishables shippers still facing challenges after switch from air to ocean

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Mangoes from Latin America are not traveling by air to international markets this year.

A combination of scarce capacity and high airfreight rates has forced Latin nAmerican mango exporters to shift to ocean transport.

Kurt Schosinsky, MD of Avianca Cargo, says the repercussions of Covid-19 have hit the region’s perishables exporters hard.

For the most part their traffic moves on passenger aircraft, where rates are typically 15-20% lower than for all-cargo planes, said Marcio Pires, vice-president and head of air cargo, Latin America, ...