Daily Memo: Pork Cycle Parallels For The Freighter Market

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What do piglets and freighter aircraft have in common? Not much at first glance, but the pork cycle economic theory, which dates back around 100 years, may have parallels with today’s air cargo market. When pork prices fall, so the theory goes, farmers stop breeding piglets. This makes supply scarce...
Helen Massy-Beresford

Based in Paris, Helen Massy-Beresford covers European and Middle Eastern airlines, the European Commission’s air transport policy and the air cargo industry for Aviation Week & Space Technology and Aviation Daily.

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