Fleet watching is the key to predicting the future in air
All eyes on the aircraft boneyard
US consumers are expected to step into the breach again to generate higher volumes of cargo in the coming weeks, as industrial traffic remains hobbled by a stuttering manufacturing sector.
Trade statistics for August set off alarm bells as imports lost momentum: at $342.2bn, they were $3.2bn lower than a year earlier.
While this alleviated the trade deficit (exports were $5.3bn higher, year on year), it raised question marks about retail demand, heading into the peak shopping season.
Despite signals of weakening consumer ...
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