News / A record air freight peak season flies into a real 'perfect storm'

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“Quite literally, this is now the perfect storm.”

Continued strong air freight demand and the resulting lack of capacity has been exacerbated by severe weather across Europe.

This morning, Air France-KLM Cargo sent a note to customers warning of “serious disruptions in our operations”, due to heavy snow in Amsterdam. It added that they would be informed of re-bookings through the carrier’s ‘notify me system’.

One weary European forwarder said: “If it’s not the high demand or undercapacity due to crappy cargo aircraft, then the weather ...