News / Volatile market sparks call for review of how air freight capacity is traded

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 Volatility in the commoditised air freight market is at an all-time high, prompting calls for a re-think of how air freight capacity is bought and sold.

The most reliable, and up-to-date, data on capacity utilisation, published yesterday, shows a near-9% year-on-year fall in chargeable weight for February, as coronavirus impacted air cargo.

The fact that the data is weekly helped allow Clive Data Services to adjust the analysis to account for Chinese new year, and the leap year with its extra day.

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