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Forwarders are claiming that airlines are unfairly damaging their business by trying to introduce chargeable weight methodology on all surcharges.

Korean carrier Asiana is the latest to change its system, releasing a customer notice this morning saying that it will “change the calculation base for fuel and security surcharges as well as for all other surcharges, based on weight calculation, ex-Europe, from actual weight to chargeable weight, effective as of September 2013”.

Numerous forwarders have contacted The Loadstar since it published an ...

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  • David Ambridge

    August 15, 2013 at 2:47 am

    The Airlines are very lucky to have free debt collectors working for them all these years! When did the WAR INSURANCE become a SECURITY SURCHARGE? and what is it for because it is certainly not to pay the GHA’s for providing all the screening machines and investment in this area!
    I love the last comment from a”senior forwarding source”……..priceless!

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