BERLIN — Is Amazon’s decision to lease 20 freighters a threat to the air cargo industry and Forwarders and Carriers, in particular?
That’s the discussion that was sparked here at the World Cargo Symposium following a session that explored concepts such as logistics as a service, the value of big data vs. small data and process optimization. The audience was asked about Amazon, and they overwhelmingly answered, yes, Amazon is a threat.
See below the reactions to Amazon’s airfreight strategy of Sandeep Fernandes, Head of Cargo Management Practice, Mercator, and Steven Polmans, Head of Cargo, Brussels Airport.