News / Soft air freight yields lead to a mixed bag in March

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Perhaps there is an upside to being an all-freighter operator, after all. OK, so there are no other revenues to rely on when the cargo market is down but, equally, you are not tied into passenger routes where capacity is growing and cargo is flat.

Take the transatlantic. “ATKs are posing a bit of an issue,” revealed David Shepherd, global head of sales for IAG Cargo. “It’s the softest trade lane in the world and capacity is growing. We grew 4% ...