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The air cargo industry is changing all the time so you
have to be flexible in your approach – for example the
peak season isn’t what it was a few years ago and it’s
difficult to predict demand.
Shailendra Seth, Chapman Freeborn
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on it. In addition to this, they are looking
at more flexible solutions, combining
scheduled and chartered lift within their
own networks. We do this also – in fact we
believe that this is one of our value-adds
when it comes to charters, although we
are not constrained by our own network
and have the advantage of being able to
turn to any one of our interline partners,”
opinionates Liana Coyne, director, Coyne
Airways.
UK based Coyne Airways, was recently involved in moving a large amount of livestock
into the UAE in preparation for traditional
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celebrations.
With all cargo carriers and increasing
belly hold capacity of combination carriers, there is a threat to the charter industry.
The air charter industry will have to deliver
more value to customers in order to stay
in the game: that means, developing a real
understanding of a customer’s business
and finding better solutions for them than
they can find themselves.
“I think that there will still be room for
surge charters, but I think that these will
reduce with trends like near-sourcing
and increased focus on reducing logis-
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tics costs to increase profitability. I think
that there will also still be room