Introduction about a research project which categorized cargo airline’s strategy from a sample of 47 airlines from all over the world, using cluster analysis methodology to identify 7 different cargo strategies: 1) Cargos stars, 2) Large Pax wide-body operators, 3) Carpet sellers, 4) Premium air cargo operators, 5) Strong regionals, 6) Basic cargo operators and 7) Huge americans. For a successful Istanbul cargo hub he recommended to have a strong long haul passenger home cargo carrier with cargo strategy in place and focus on the growing parts of cargo as e-commerce.
