Air Cargo Still Rides High as Manufacturers Look to the Skies for Supply Chain Solutions
Photo Credit: The demand for international air cargo rose in October Pixabay / TrainLearnGrow
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Supply chain disruptions as well as the easing of capacity constraints on aircraft provided the perfect storm for air cargo to get a major boost in October. But like all others sector of travel, global air cargo's recovery could seriously be threatened by the new Omicron variant.
Demand for global air cargo rose 9.4 percent in October compared to the same period in 2019, spurred in large part by manufacturers turning to air transport to combat delivery delays caused by supply chain disruptions mostly occurring at sea.
The International Air Transport Association
