Ep 194: Air cargo capacity crunch and modal shift

Apr 23, 2020

Cathy Morrow Roberson, founder and lead analyst at Logistics Trends & Insights, joins me to discuss the air cargo capacity crunch and modal shift:

• Reduced numbers of flights
• Essential vs non-essential cargo during the COVID-19 pandemic
• Repurposed passenger aircraft carrying cargo
• Moving air cargo to rail
• Rail’s advantages over air and sea (ocean) cargo
• Mail trains running from China to Europe
• Direct-to-consumer shipping from China
• Speed of long-distance shipping
• Will air cargo volumes recover post-coronavirus?
• A recession and the impact on air capacity
• Creative solutions - including Ukrposhta’s charter flight
• Multi-modal transport
• Domestic air cargo alternatives
• Impact on Amazon Prime’s delivery promise
• Meeting fast delivery demands without using aircraft
• Inland ports / hubs
• Rail congestion in the USA