Air cargo flows from Bangladesh have fallen by almost 75 per cent year-on-year even as in this month only, about 250 tonnes of cargo were airlifted each day, compared to what was 900 to 1,000 tonnes a day in October last year, according to freight forwarders.
Reports underlined this while adding they held demand for goods falling drastically in global markets for the same and went on to further add freighter flights from Dhaka have come down to just one or two a week, compared with what used to be two to three every day last year.
Meanwhile, speaking to the media, Director of the Bangladesh Freight Forwarders Association Nasir Ahmed Khan reportedly maintained sales of apparel items in Europe and America had fallen significantly, and shipper warehouses were now full of inventory.
“Unless there is a real emergency, no one is sending goods by air now,” reportedly claimed Nasir even as BGMEA President Faruque Hassan reportedly held export earnings had fallen significantly in September, and the same may have happened in October as well, as orders have taken a hit.
