LATAM Cargo revenues slide as economic uncertainty takes its toll

LATAM Cargo saw its revenues decline the  second quarter of the year, partly as a result of weaker demand in South America.

The Santiago-headquartered airline reported a 10.2% year-on-year decline in second quarter cargo revenues to $269.3m.

Cargo volumes, meanwhile, declined by 4.6% compared with a year ago to 220,000 tonnes, but the cargo load factor was up 0.9 percentage points to 55.8%.

The revenue result was partly affected by the sale of MasAir in the second half of last year, which reduced cargo revenues by around $10m.

“Import markets continued to show declines year-over-year, especially to Brazil and Argentina driven by weaker currencies and general economic uncertainty,” the airline said

“On the other hand, export markets continue improving, especially salmon from Chile.”

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Damian Brett

Damian Brett
I have been writing about the freight and logistics industry since 2007 when I joined International Freighting Weekly to cover the shipping sector.After a stint in PR, I have gone on to work for Containerisation International and Lloyds List - where I was editor of container shipping - before joining Air Cargo News in 2015.Contact me on [email protected]