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Pichuiyer Balasubramanian
February 20, 2024 at 3:57 pmNeed a clarification on this: Quote ‘By way of comparison, the capacity split on the East Asia to/from Europe market was 40/60 in favour of belly capacity in 2019; as of late 2023, the split was about 60/40 in favour of freighters’ – Unquote. Is it not just the same, i.e., 40 in the case of belly capacity and 60 for freighter in both cases?
Alex Lennane
February 20, 2024 at 4:00 pmHello Bala! Yes, perhaps oddly worded and I will edit, but 2019: 40% was freighter, 60% was belly. 2023: 40% belly, 60% freighter.
Ivan Kozlov
February 21, 2024 at 8:58 amGood analysis. Figure out 15 ABC 747 out of the game as well.