The soft airfreight market has seen small and medium-sized forwarders gaining market share, but they will need to improve in some areas to retain that share.  Fiata chairman Turgut Erkeskin told delegates at the ACE air freight forwarding event in Abu Dhabi today that the market offered prime opportunities for smaller forwarders that can specialise ...

Geopolitics is the greatest risk facing forwarders and the air freight industry in 2024 – despite the potential for disruption to boost air cargo. Political crises were the number one concern, agreed delegates at the ACE air freight forwarding event in Abu Dhabi yesterday. “Geopolitical tensions are affecting our business,” said Turgut Erkeskin, president of ...

The market may be challenging; the mood for 2024 muted – but there is a breath of fresh air running through the air cargo industry. The new ACE event, held this week in Abu Dhabi, was rare for an air cargo conference: it attracted forwarders – the missing but crucial link from most shows – and focused ...