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While most of the aviation industry has been decimated as a
result of the pandemic and its ensuing stay-at-home orders, one airliner
is making money hand over fist in an unexpected way: shipping pigs to
China in 747 Jumbo Jets.
Volga-Dnepr Group has flown more than 3,000 breeding pigs to China
from France this year, according to Bloomberg. They are flown almost
6,500 miles in wooden crates and are being used to restore livestock
levels in China. From there, they are being used to address the
country's pork shortage.
The country's swine shortages were exacerbated by the pandemic and
China has imported almost 255,000 tons of pork from the U.S. in the
first four months of 2020 alone. That number exceeds the 245,000 it
imported in all of 2019.
Volga-Dnepr Group also has been shipping masks, hazmat suits, medical
equipment and street-disinfecting equipment to places like Russia and
Germany. The company saw its sales skyrocket 32% to $630 million this year.
Alexey Isaykin, who holds a $700 million stake in the company, said:
“Global aviation is going through its most challenging time ever, but
for cargo carriers like us it’s a chance. Previously, more than half of
all aviation cargoes were carried in the luggage compartments of
passenger planes. With this supply vanishing from the market, demand for
cargo airlines surged and prices more than doubled.”
While demand for air freight has dropped 28%, capacity has fallen by 42%. This could help the company tack on even more revenue, he says, predicting a $2 billion annual run rate.
Shipments for the aerospace industry have fallen by about 33%, he says,
but medical goods now make up more than half of global air freight.
Online shopping firms like Amazon.com and Alibaba are also seeing
outsized growth. Some of the demand may prove to be short-lived and
freight rates are starting to decline slightly. Regardless, Isaykin
expects volume and prices to remain above pre-virus levels.
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