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    IATA: Lockdowns and capacity crunch cause worst year for air cargo demand

    2021-02-04T10:53:18Z

    IATA has revealed that last year was the worst year for air cargo demand since it began recording air cargo trends in 1990.Looking back at air cargo's performance in 2020, the association reported a year-on-year decrease in air cargo demand, measured in cargo tonne-km (CTKs), of 10.6% — which is ...

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    WorldACD: March, a month like no other in air cargo history

    2020-04-15T11:13:36Z

    WorldACD has outlined that after the 2.7% drop in airfreight demand that it reported in January/February, March saw a decrease in chargeable weight of 17.7%, despite the first week of March being the best-performing this year so far.The Asia Pacific and the Americas regions fell least, with -12% and -17% ...

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    CLIVE Data Services: Airfreight volumes fell 23% in March

    2020-04-01T14:25:58Z

    In its latest dynamic load factor analysis, CLIVE Data Services has revealed that global cargo volumes fell by 23% in March compared with the same four weeks of 2019.The analyst suggests that this decline was due to "Covid-19 'raising its ugly head’ faster and faster in the air cargo industry".CLIVE ...

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    WorldACD highlights impact of "corona effect"

    2020-03-12T11:10:18Z

    Ahead of its full results for February, which will be released in two weeks' time, WorldACD has released preliminary figures for the month, which it says give an outlook on the "corona effect" when combined with January's figures.The analyst explained: "Looking at February in isolation leads to an incomplete picture ...

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    CLIVE to provide airfreight data to TIACA in new partnership

    2020-03-09T12:03:10Z

    TIACA has signed an memorandum of understanding (MOU) with CLIVE Data Services to create and deliver air cargo market and route analyses to TIACA members.CLIVE, the creator of the new ‘dynamic load factor’ analysis, strives to give the earliest possible barometer of market analysis based on cargo data – volume ...

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    IATA: Cargo declined in January but COVID-19 impact yet to be felt

    2020-03-04T17:12:45Z

    IATA has warned that the full extent of the coronavirus' impact on the airfreight sector is yet to be determined, while demand declined by 3.3% year on year in January.IATA suggested that the timing of the Chinese New Year Holiday, which took place in late January, as well as eased ...

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    WorldACD: January figures reflect impact of Chinese New Year

    2020-03-02T12:40:52Z

    WorldACD has confirmed expectations "that the year on year figures for January would be negative".In its latest report, the analyst notes that chargeable air cargo weight dipped by 5.8% in January year on year and it suggests that the timing of Chinese New Year, which took place at the end ...

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    IATA: Peak season off to a disappointing start

    2019-12-04T17:10:35Z

    It's a slow start for peak season, but key market drivers show signs of stabilising, IATA has reported in its October airfreight market analysis report.Despite peak season being dominated by consumer-led holidays that impact the airfreight market – such as Singles Day, Black Friday, Cyber Monday and Christmas – October ...

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    WTO: World trade continues to suffer

    2019-11-22T15:39:28Z

    World trade is expected to remain “below trend” into the fourth quarter of 2019, according to the World Trade Organization’s (WTO) latest Goods Trade Barometer. That is not good news for an already ailing global airfreight industry.The indicator’s reading of 96.6 marks a slight improvement compared to the 95.7 registered ...

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    Index firm adds more rate data

    2019-06-03T13:24:08Z

    Munich-based air cargo information specialist TAC says that its project to totally index the world’s major freight markets is a step closer with the publication of new routes from the US, Europe and Asia.It has added Singapore-South East Asia Heathrow to all airports in the US, Canada and Mexico, Heathrow-South-East ...