Air freight deals up in the air over Brexit worries

More than €39bn worth of goods are air freighted annually from Ireland, but not all of it through our airports.

A recent study by InterTrade Ireland established that 26% of all air-freighted goods actually were moved by ‘air-truck’.

These trucks collect goods for shipment by air, but as the nearest direct flight to the ultimate customer is not available from Ireland, the truck transits to the UK and loads the freight directly onto aircraft in Heathrow, or proceeds to Paris Charles de Gaulle or Amsterdam’s Schiphol Airport.