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Air cargo carriers battle competition from seas, passenger planes

* Average shipping time in air freight is 6.5 days * $6.8 trillion worth of goods sent by air cargo each year * Extensive paperwork slowing down process * Cargo volumes flat since 2010 By Victoria Bryan DOHA, June 3 (Reuters) – As more cargo shifts to passenger planes and back onto the seas, airlines are having to rethink their cargo operations or risk the freighter plane becoming a thing of the …