Originally Posted by
sandman22
Demand dropped 3.5% in Asia compared to a year ago. Oh no, the sky is falling!
Well...sorta. If you are company adding aircraft and crews for business that isn't there...3.5% in Oct was in addition to 11 straight months of total decline. It's down alot more the just 3.5%. Combine that with DHL business model which has a tendency to add multiple cities with one carrier only to change all of to a different carrier after everything is up and running at that location. It can mean alot of parked aircraft and crews on reserve while the expenses mount.