Next week marks a milestone in air cargo’s history: a Cargolux Canadair CL-44 took off from Stockholm for New York, in search of a shipment of strawberries and iceberg lettuces, on 10 March, 1970, just six days after the airline was founded.
There was one aircraft crew, four ground staff and a single-room office with a ping-pong table for a desk. It’s a story like Jeff Bezos’ – except with less …

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