Add to this the interest of foreign carriers, both mainstream air freight and the express carriers and it makes for an interesting market to watch. For its part, the government has made major strides in upgrading and building new infrastructure to support the air cargo industry, but the linkages in between, the roads, depots and even inter-state tariffs are still a major challenge to the industry.
Infrastructure is a key element too for the Middle Eastern air cargo industry, but substantially more wealthy economies in that region have put major airport and cargo facilities on the fast track.But even in Dubai the global recession has had an impact and its ambitious airport project has been delayed.
But none-the-less, the Middle East will be the place to watch as even during the depths of the recession, growth figures were still coming out of the Middle East, and its carriers continued on with their fleet expansions. For a view into how these two dynamic air cargo markets have weathered the storm and where they are going in the year ahead, the March issue of Payload Asia will give
you the story. For advertising in the March supplement, please contact Alvin Lim of Reed Business Information at email: [email protected] or call him at +65 6780 4521 (GMT +8). For editorial coverage please contact Donald Urquhart at email: [email protected] or call him at +65 6780 4396 (GMT +8).
