News / Slot constraints for freighters at major airports push shippers to seek new gateways

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Slot constraints at major hub airports are forcing cargo airlines and forwarders to measure up alternative gateways for freighter moves.

This will likely result in longer lead times.

A shortage of slots has raised the spectre of diminished freighter activities at Amsterdam Schiphol, but the Dutch airport is not the only major gateway where slot constraints threaten future all-cargo operations.

The main airports at Beijing and Shanghai are under embargo for additional freighter flights, which has forced forwarders to find alternative gateways for ...