The story of air freight, Goldilocks and three bears

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By Neil Wilson, editor, TAC Index

08/08/2023

After a long, steep fall in rates and now a summer lull, hopes are rising for some sort of modest peak season in air freight – one that won’t be either too hot or too cold for markets, but just right

The quiet summer period continued in air freight markets during July, with TAC Index data showing the overall Baltic Air Freight Index (BAI00) up 2.9% in the final week of July, leaving the index up 1.2% ...

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