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Originally Posted by Franconian
Why do all shipping companies quote different prices for the airline transport charge?
Is this common?
Are they rounding up for their own profit or do they get charged differently by the airline???
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It's common, and no different than most businesses with complex supply chains.
Base aircargo transport charges depend on the financials/ costs of each airline in each "market"--between any two airports--total cargo capacity vs cargo demand vs competition on that route, etc.
Airlines then often charge different "shipping companies"/ airfreight agents different rates depending in part on total business that agent books with that cargo carrier.
Airfreight agents then round up for their own "added value"/ profit, and to reflect what different airlines may charge them originally.
Plus all the usual intangibles/ interpersonal relations/ history, jadda jadda
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