Asia Pacific air freight contracts 5.4% in June, 7.4% in H1—IATA

Aug. 10 | Global air freight demand decreased by 4.8% in June 2019 compared to the same period in 2018, marking the eighth consecutive month of year-on-year decline in freight volumes, according to data released by the International Air Transport Association (IATA)....

AsPac is one of biggest air cargo losers in May—WorldACD

Jul. 2 | Air cargo volume continued its negative trend going into May, declining 5% year-on-year in terms of total chargeable weight, with Asia-Pacific registering one of the largest contractions for the month, according to new data from WorldACD. Volume in direct...

ICAO sees healthy air cargo growth until 2032 if industry modernizes

Sep. 15 | The International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) predicts air freight volumes will grow at a healthy rate of 4.2% annually through to 2032, but only if current air cargo modernization continues to be robustly and cooperatively pursued by governments...

IATA finds 3 indicators of slower growth in air freight

Jul. 5 | After a weak start to 2018, demand for global air freight has now resumed a modest trend upwards, rising 4.2% in May year-over-year but slightly down from the 5.2% growth in annual demand recorded in April 2018, according to data released by the International...

Air freight makes mild recovery on stronger Asian showing

Aug. 3 | After the dismal numbers crunched up in the past months, air cargo volumes rose in June 2016, in large part on account of the improved performance of the Asia-Pacific region, according to the latest traffic figures. WorldACD said worldwide chargeable...