Inventory in motion: How e-commerce is rewriting the economics of air cargo

E-commerce is transforming air cargo from consolidated shipments to handling millions of individual parcels, requiring new automated sorting, customs processing, and parcel-processing infrastructure at airports. The shift introduces a new model where aircraft function as part of a moving inventory system, raising questions about the true cost of speed and the redistribution of value along global delivery chains.

This Wire brief sits within Fusion42's coverage of E-commerce, Logistics Tech and Aviation Tech.