Asia-Pacific freighter capacity tapped out leading into peak

With carriers attempting to squeeze out any additional frequencies available from their freighter fleets, the capacity situation leading into peak season will leave airfreight operators with little option for expansion outside of passenger freighters and bellyspace of passenger networks, according to a recent webinar on the Asian airfreight market hosted by DSV.

“What’s quite clear is that freighters, both airline operations and integrator operations, have basically reached max utilization,” George Edmunds, general manager of cargo commercial at Cathay Pacific, said during the webinar. “There are no freighters sitting around parked at the moment, and everyone is flying their freighters really as hard as they possibly can.”

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