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The fallout from last year’s air freight capacity crunch is still playing out, with shippers and forwarders on the hunt for charter flights and alternative shipping strategies.

According to ECS Group chief executive Adrien Thominet, shippers are putting “huge pressure” on forwarders to ensure they guarantee space throughout the year and avoid a repeat of late 2017, when surging demand left many cargo owners struggling to secure capacity.

“Big shippers like Inditex, BMW, and the major pharmaceutical companies are now looking at having ...

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  • Craig Sanders

    June 14, 2018 at 3:45 pm

    Great move move by big companies, having dedicated flights should avoid a sudden unavailability of the market and reduce prices.

  • Najma Qureshi

    July 11, 2018 at 5:13 am

    Very informational content. Thanks for sharing. The check of the time as mentioned above has to have a clarity so that what happened last year should not be repeated this year round.