Low-cost carriers in Asia are stuffing passenger planes with cargo for revenue boost as passenger demand is not expected to return to pre-coronavirus levels any time soon.

Although there are trends in Asia towards supply chain regionalization, a spokesperson for Kuehne+Nagel noted that moving production from country to country is not a simple process. “Decoupling is about finding alternatives for future growth and complementing the advantages of the Chinese market. We believe that China will continue to play a very important role in the supply chain also in the future.”