DHL Cargo planes are unloaded at Halle-Leipzig Airport on February 28, 2014 in Leipzig, Germany. Up to 60 cargo planes land every weeknight. The Houthi attacks in the Red Sea are not only driving up sea freight — air freights are going to get higher too, as global trade flows get increasingly disrupted. This means that air cargo is about to play an expanded role in the supply chain ecosystem. Air freight can slash delivery times to just a few days compared to weeks taken by ocean carriers.

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Persons: Matthew Burgess, Robinson Organizations: DHL Cargo, Airport Locations: Halle, Leipzig, Germany, South Africa, C.H