Ecommerce platforms cancel flights and slash capacity – market is 'a mess'
As anticipated, ecommerce platforms have begun cancelling flights and cutting back on capacity, while Chinese ...
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Air freight volumes jumped some 8% in January and, while Chinese New Year may have distorted year-on-year figures, analysts believe the drivers of growth remain buoyant.
IATA’s air freight market analysis shows a month-on-month increase from the last part of 2017, and suggests “rising bottlenecks” within the supply chain would likely ’benefit air freight over other modes of transport”.
It says: “Longer supplier delivery times have been consistent with rising demand for air cargo … as firms have turned to the speed of ...
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