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Airbus and Boeing delays drive fears of air cargo capacity crunch

Up to a quarter of large wide-body freighters in active operation are nearing or have reached retirement window

Some of the world’s biggest air cargo operators are warning they face a capacity crunch, as their jet fleets age and Boeing and Airbus delay delivering new aircraft.

“The supply-demand imbalance for large wide-body freighters will intensify over the next several years,” Michael Steen, chief executive of US-based air freight operator Atlas Air, told the Financial Times.

He blamed in part “an upcoming wave of aircraft retireme