Tag: air cargo demand

IATA: Air Cargo demand up 8.3% in November

The International Air Transport Association (IATA) released data for November 2023 global air cargo markets indicating the strongest year-on-year growth in roughly two years. This is partly due to weakness in November 2022, but also reflects a fourth consecutive month of strengthening demand for ...

IATA: Air Cargo demand up 1.9% in September

The 3rd quarter of 2023 ended on a high note, with record domestic passenger demand for September and continued strong international traffic. There is every reason to believe that this momentum can be maintained in the New Year, despite economic and political uncertainties in parts of the world. W...

IATA reports modest growth in global air cargo demand for September 2023

The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has released data for September 2023, revealing a continued recovery in global air cargo markets. Global demand, measured in cargo tonne-kilometers (CTKs), saw a 1.9% increase compared to September 2022 levels, with international operations exper...

Air Cargo demand up 1.5% in August

The International Air Transport Association (IATA) released data for August 2023 global air cargo markets, showing that year-on-year air cargo demand grew for the first time in 19 months. Global demand, measured in cargo tonne-kilometers (CTKs*), increased by 1.5% compared to August 2022 levels...

Air cargo demand growth ‘may be a few quarters away’ as August sees spot rates hit their lowest level in over three years

The global air cargo spot rate flattened to USD 2.19 per kg in August, its lowest level since the onset of the pandemic as another weak summer month saw chargeable weight edge -1% lower for a fourth consecutive month, according to the latest weekly market analysis from CLIVE Data Services, part of X...

Air Cargo Demand Remains Weak in May

The International Air Transport Association (IATA) released data for May 2023 global air cargo markets showing weak market conditions. Global demand, measured in cargo tonne-kilometers (CTKs), fell 5.2% compared to May 2022 (-6.0% for international operations). Capacity, as measured by avail...

Air Cargo Up 7.7% in August Versus Pre-COVID Levels; Capacity Lagging Demand

The International Air Transport Association (IATA) released August 2021 data for global air cargo markets showing that demand continued its strong growth trend but pressure on capacity is rising. As comparisons between 2021 and 2020 monthly results are distorted by the extraordinary impact of COVI...

IATA reports mixed bag for January passenger and cargo numbers

By Edward Robertson The New Year has brought mixed blessings to the aviation industry with passenger numbers still badly depressed but cargo numbers finally beating pre-Covid levels. New figures released by IATA show that in January, 2021, passenger demand measured in revenue passenger kilome...

AAPA: Air freight falls 7.2% in June and demand set to remain weak

The air freight industry continued to be affected by a weakness in international trade flows across the region in June as demand fell by 7.2 per cent, according to the Association of Asia Pacific Airlines (AAPA). AAPA reports that freight tonne kilometres (FTK) were down 7.2 per cent to 5.8 billi...

Slowest growth rate last month since May 2016, IATA reports

Slowest growth rate last month since May 2016, IATA reports

Global air freight markets showed demand measured in freight tonne kilometers (FTKs) rose 2.1 per cent in July 2018 compared to the same period the year before, according to the International Air Transport Association (IATA). This was the slowest pace of growth the air cargo industry has seen sin...

AAPA: demand remained firm in July and unaffected by political rhetoric

Preliminary traffic figures for the month of July released today by the Association of Asia Pacific Airlines (AAPA) showed air cargo demand remained firm despite moderating expansion in the global services and manufacturing sectors. In July, international air cargo demand as measured in freight t...

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