Volatility, Invoiced: Why Every Disruption Now Comes with a Surcharge
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Strong e-commerce demand.
Narrowing differences between air and ocean freight rates.
Political unrest and threats of union strikes putting upward pressure on air cargo rates during the year-end peak season.
These are just some of the factors behind the dramatic changes and atypical market behavior we’ve seen in the air sector so far this year.
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