News / Ship early for Xmas: airfreight capacity bottlenecks push e-commerce to sea

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SkyPostal has sounded an alarm for disappointments at Christmas.

The Florida-based parcel delivery network for Latin America warned e-commerce merchants to ship early for the Christmas season to avoid delays.

SkyPostal chief executive and president AJ Hernandez is worried about airfreight capacity bottlenecks.

He expressed concern over the gap between available air cargo capacity and demand; whereas global e-commerce volume is forecast to expand 33% this year over 2019, global air traffic was down 42% in June, he pointed out.

And worries about capacity ...