One year already that air freight has emerged from the quasi-clandestinity where it was confined.
It is now a crucial source of revenue for companies.
"With the new travel restrictions, the contribution of cargo has increased significantly, to represent a third of our income,"
explains Christophe Boucher, Executive Vice President of Air France Cargo.
United Airlines, which has made more than 11,000 freight flights in passenger planes since spring 2020, continues at the same pace.
Korean Airlines, which flew 4,500 freight flights last year, wants to step up.
Read also: Amazon on the offensive in air freight
A rise in power that no one had anticipated.
It all started in the spring of 2020, when the big companies (Delta Airlines, Emirates, Air France-KLM, Cathay Pacific ...) grounded most of their fleet because of confinements and closed borders.
The only ones that continued to steal were passenger aircraft that they chartered to collect essential products for
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