News / Strong air cargo peak boosts carrier coffers, despite hi-tech hiatus

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A strong and “proper” peak season may have arrived at last for air cargo, but pockets of disruption have emerged.

These include Hong Kong International Airport’s (HKIA) new air transport management system (ATMS) and poor weather in Russia and China.

Cathay Pacific’s general manager of cargo sales and marketing Mark Sutch told The Loadstar the seasonal peak had been a marked improvement on 2015, but had not hit the levels reached the previous year when US west coast port slowdowns sent shippers flocking to ...