Effects of high fuel prices on air cargo?
04-09-2012, 09:02 AM
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Several things I've seen since 2008:
Rapid retirement of old, less fuel efficient freighters
Reassesment of the air cargo/ship cargo question. Some have opted out of air cargo to ships. Since the ships are going slower to conserve fuel, some have gone from ship to air.
Some carriers will delay the flight until a full load is available to go
Almost all cargo companies have begone or stepped up fuel savings efforts
Carriers are bidding on fewer and fewer contracts. Several are bidding for loads in Africa when they didn't fly there before.
Rapid retirement of old, less fuel efficient freighters
Reassesment of the air cargo/ship cargo question. Some have opted out of air cargo to ships. Since the ships are going slower to conserve fuel, some have gone from ship to air.
Some carriers will delay the flight until a full load is available to go
Almost all cargo companies have begone or stepped up fuel savings efforts
Carriers are bidding on fewer and fewer contracts. Several are bidding for loads in Africa when they didn't fly there before.
04-09-2012, 11:49 AM
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I've heard some shorter FedEx feeder routes have been changed to trucks.
On a positive note, in some places you get more business when gas prices are high, ie shale oil production.
On a positive note, in some places you get more business when gas prices are high, ie shale oil production.
04-10-2012, 03:36 AM
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04-10-2012, 07:30 AM
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It's the trucking network that accounts for the difference in profit margins between UPS and Fed Ex...but Fred is learning.
04-18-2012, 04:31 AM
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Before Schenker nixed there domestic network, they used trucks on certain lanes that they could not fill with an aircraft. Best example would be HSV / MGM / BHM. Trucks from HSV and MGM would meet in BHM, then a truck from BHM would go to ATL for the flight.
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