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A 747 jumbo jet with white paint and light blue accents with the word CARGO on the side.

Eric Kulisch, Air Cargo EditorMonday, March 1, 2021

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Transport buyers dig deeper into wallets for air cargo

Airfreight markets are topsy-turvy in the COVID era, but importers and exporters can count on one thing: paying two to three times normal rates. CFOs…

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Containers on a lift get loaded into side a big airplane on a sunny day.

Eric Kulisch, Air Cargo EditorWednesday, February 3, 2021

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For airlines in 2020, cargo no substitute for people

Uncertain vaccine rollouts and mutant COVID-19 strains are messing up airline industry hopes for a second-half recovery this year. At best, traffic will be half…

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A cargo pallet sitting on tarmac next to a big white and blue jumbo jet.

Eric Kulisch, Air Cargo EditorSunday, January 24, 2021

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Supply-demand imbalance continues to vex air cargo shippers

If you can’t rent an entire cargo plane for yourself, you might have trouble finding space on an aircraft to make an international shipment.

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A large pallet of cargo on a hydraulic lift gets loaded into the side door of a plane.

Eric Kulisch, Air Cargo EditorThursday, January 7, 2021

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Air cargo market levels off in November; passenger sector sinks

The airfreight sector is nursing itself back to health and should be discharged from intensive care by April. Find out why.

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A white jumbo jet begins to move down runway with parked planes in the background.

Eric Kulisch, Air Cargo EditorWednesday, January 6, 2021

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Airfreight volumes, pricing strengthen into 2021

The air cargo market is doing much better than passenger business for airlines. It could reach equilibrium, following the pandemic shock, in the next few…

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Front-end of a Boeing 747 cargo jet, looking straight on to its nose. The plane is white.

Eric Kulisch, Air Cargo EditorMonday, December 7, 2020

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Air cargo sector shoots toward 2021 recovery

New data shows cargo continued to rebound in October thanks to strong North American market and economic fundamentals. By next year, the air cargo market…

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Chris GillisMonday, November 16, 2020

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Baltic Exchange enters airfreight market with pricing index

The London-based maritime market data provider will offer subscribers airfreight indices via partnership with TAC.

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Plane being loaded with cargo in Hong Kong.

Ashley Coker, Associate EditorWednesday, November 4, 2020

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Pandemic continues to fuel freighter demand

With passenger planes all but out of commission earlier this year – and still lagging considerably in the fourth quarter – shippers had significantly fewer…

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