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Are conditions finally improving for the air cargo industry?
The air cargo industry finally has reason to celebrate as market conditions strengthened in September and there are hopes of further improvements in October.Analyst WorldACD's September market round-up shows that air cargo volume demand increased by 5% year on year in September — a level of increase not seen for ...
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NewsLufthansa's cargo business is in the red again
Lufthansa’s cargo and logistics division has slipped to its sixth quarterly operating loss in a row as market overcapacity and weak demand continued to blight financial performance.The German airline group’s logistics division, which includes Lufthansa Cargo, time:matters and other cargo related businesses, recorded a third quarter earnings before interest and ...
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NewsEuropean cargo monthly: Cargo boost for European carriers in September
European airlines are the latest to report a bumper month for airfreight demand in September, with Lufthansa, IAG and Finnair recording some of their biggest improvements of the year so far.The largest European cargo carrier Lufthansa saw cargo demand increase by 8.2% year on year in September to 883m revenue ...
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NewsThird quarter cargo revenues down at American
American Airlines recorded a decline in third quarter cargo revenues, while volumes were up on the same period a year earlier.The US airline saw third quarter cargo revenues decline by 5% year on year to $171m, while cargo traffic increased by 5.6% to 601 cargo ton miles.The decline in revenues ...
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NewsAmericas cargo monthly: A bumper month for American and United
September was a bumper month for American Airlines' and United Airlines' airfreight demand, while Delta recorded another decline.The latest monthly figures show that United saw air cargo demand increase by 15.7% year on year in September to 245m cargo ton miles (CTM) and American reported a 9.8% improvement to 207m ...
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Frankfurt cargo surge in September
A “slight recovery” of the global economy saw September total cargo throughput at Germany’s Frankfurt Airport (FRA) rise by 5.9% to 180,252 tonnes.Europe’s largest cargo hub saw volumes (airfreight + airmail) for the first nine months of 2016 increase marginally by 1.3% to just under 1.6m tonnes.Earlier this week, London ...
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Air cargo demand increases again in August
Air cargo demand improved again in August, which while "failing to impress", is better than growth in the first part of the year.The latest figures from analyst WorldACD show that air cargo volumes increased by 2.3% year on year in August. This was an improvement on the 1.8% growth registered ...
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NewsAsian Cargo Monthly: Southern sees demand slide while rivals grow
Air cargo demand at the leading Asia-based carriers continued to improve in August, although China Southern suffered a dip in form.Of the seven carriers included in the Air Cargo News monthly round-up, six managed to recorded an improvement in air cargo traffic during August as demand continued to pick up ...
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Drewry reports on mixed figure for August freight rate
Drewry’s East-West Airfreight Price Index reached a figure of 87.5 for August (the index was based at 100 in May 2012). This compares to a figure of 94.3 a year previously, in August 2015, but a 0.7 point increase on the month previously (July 2016).It continues a 6-month trend of ...
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Moderate August rise for Asian air cargo
Preliminary traffic figures for August by the Association of Asia Pacific Airlines (AAPA) showed a moderate rise in international air cargo markets although "persistent weakness" in global trade remains a concern.Asia Pacific airlines saw international air cargo demand in August grow by 2.5% in freight tonne kilometre (FTK) terms. The ...
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ACI predicts
Airports Council International (ACI), the trade association that represents a large proportion of the world’s air gateways, has released its World Airport Traffic Forecasts 2016-40, looking ahead to what the next 25 years have in store in terms of both passenger and freight flows.In terms of cargo, looking back at ...
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NewsEuropean cargo monthly: Improvements at IAG, Lufthansa and Finnair
The cargo divisions of Lufthansa, IAG and Finnair saw airfreight demand continue to increase in August compared with last year, while Air France -KLM recorded another decline.The monthly cargo figures from Lufthansa show that the German airline group – the largest airfreight carrier in Europe – saw demand increase 0.7% ...
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Airport cargo demand in July a 'cause for optimism'
Airport cargo figures for July “inspired some cause for optimism” even though demand over the first seven months still lags behind last year.The latest figures from Airports Council International (ACI) show that airfreight demand increased by 3.9% year on year in July. However, over the first seven months cargo demand ...
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NewsAmerican Cargo Monthly: Divergence in freight growth continues
The divergence in performance among the main freight carrying airlines in the US continued in August as United and American airlines both achieved growth while Delta Air Lines registered another decline.The country’s largest cargo airline, United, recorded another strong month in August with demand increasing by 8.8% compared with last ...
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European airports see cargo demand improvements in July
Europe’s airports saw cargo traffic grow in July ahead of performance for the rest of the year thanks to improvements at airports within the European Union.The latest figures from Airports Council International (ACI) Europe show that air cargo demand at the continent's airports increased by 2.3% year on year in ...
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NewsRobust demand growth for air cargo in July
The air cargo industry received a boost in July as there was “robust growth in demand” during the month, but IATA warns of headwinds ahead.The latest statistics from IATA show that air cargo demand increased by 5% year on year in July, which is the fastest pace of growth in ...
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NewsAsia cargo monthly: Asian airlines see another month of growth in July
Asia’s leading cargo airlines continued to report demand improvements in July, but yields continue to come under pressure.The latest monthly statistics show that six of seven of the region’s leading airlines saw airfreight demand compared with a year earlier.This reflects demand figures released by WorldACD last week, which suggest that ...
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NewsLufthansa Cargo, IAG Cargo and Finnair all managed to record increases in freight demand during July
Lufthansa Cargo, IAG Cargo and Finnair all managed to record increases in freight demand during July, while Air France KLM saw traffic decline.Lufthansa saw cargo demand increase by 1.6% year on year during July to reach 854m revenue cargo tonne km. The largest increase was recorded on demand out of ...
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Air cargo demand recovery eases in July
Hopes of a recovery in airfreight demand suffered a setback in July as year-on-year volume growth during the month eased off compared with June levels.The latest figures from WorldACD show that in July air cargo demand in terms of weight increased by 1.8% worldwide, compared with the 3% improvement seen ...
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Airfreight rates climb again in July
Airfreight rates continued to climb in July, reaching a new high for the year and closing in on last year’s level.The latest figures from consultant Drewry’s Sea and Air Shipper Insight Report show that in July average global airfreight prices reached $2.82 per kg, up from June's level of $2.78 ...