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By Alex Lennane
In a bid to help shippers and forwarders understand air freight rates better, Tiaca is urging the air cargo industry to adopt dynamic load factors.
The move follows a poll of its members revealed that only 2% thought the industry should stick with traditional weight-based load factors.
However, IATA appears resistant to the change, which would help buyers of air freight, as well as governments and regulatory authorities, better understand aircraft utilisation.
Dynamic load factors, published by Clive Data Services, measure how full ...
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Stan Wraight
October 26, 2020 at 5:33 pmTell me how on a 15 hour flight, when weight for cargo is at a minimum due fuel etc., and you still have the same cubic meters available this generic statement of both volume and weight calculations can work.
each airline, by route, through a proper revenue management system can calculate their own “Load factor” objectives, generic averages mean nothing.