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JUN 29, 2005 (newstodate): Latvian freight forwarding company Spedair is seeing airfreight recovering this year after a turbulent 2004.
-The entry into the EU obviously caused much confusion as to procedures and new practices, and this had a strong impact on the air cargo markets, says Inga Brasla, Spedair manager.
-We are now seeing a sound recovery of the market. Although our volumes during January-April dropped 17 percent, shipments were up by no less than 52 percent, and revenues increased by 27 percent. 2005 will most probably be an improvement on 2004, she says.
-Much cargo, close to 80 percent of the total traffic, is trucked, but for urgent shipments like spares, exhibitions and samples the market for flown cargo remains quite good.
-As everyone else in this business, the rising fuel surcharges are very harmful to the industry. We usually had much traffic in textiles, but when fuel surcharges are calculated, customers most often chose other modes of transportation whenever feasible, says Ms Brasla.
-The entry into the EU obviously caused much confusion as to procedures and new practices, and this had a strong impact on the air cargo markets, says Inga Brasla, Spedair manager.
-We are now seeing a sound recovery of the market. Although our volumes during January-April dropped 17 percent, shipments were up by no less than 52 percent, and revenues increased by 27 percent. 2005 will most probably be an improvement on 2004, she says.
-Much cargo, close to 80 percent of the total traffic, is trucked, but for urgent shipments like spares, exhibitions and samples the market for flown cargo remains quite good.
-As everyone else in this business, the rising fuel surcharges are very harmful to the industry. We usually had much traffic in textiles, but when fuel surcharges are calculated, customers most often chose other modes of transportation whenever feasible, says Ms Brasla.