All Data Articles – Page 51
-
News
Amercian carriers report mixed October
American Airlines, Delta Airlines and LATAM all recorded year-on-year air cargo demand declines in October, while United once again saw volumes increase.The largest of the airlines in cargo terms, United, recorded a 2.6% year-on-year increase in demand to 233m cargo ton miles (CTM).This increase is a little lower than the ...
-
News
IATA: Airfreight markets show slight growth in September
Global airfreight markets showed “very modest growth” in September and “negligible growth” for Asia-Pacific carriers said IATA in its latest cargo data update.Measured in freight tonne kilometres (FTKs), global air cargo volumes rose 1.0% compared to the same month a year ago.The statistical evidence echoes that of analyst WorldACD which ...
-
News
European forwarders upbeat on airfreight volumes
Danske Bank’s monthly European Freight Forwarding Index for October indicates higher volumes compared with two months ago.The current airfreight index of 54 – a measure of European freight forwarder market sentiment – is set against expectations of 57 for November, thus suggesting higher volumes in two months.The index by the ...
-
News
Demand picks up pace for Asian airlines in September
Asian airlines saw air cargo volumes begin to pick up in September ahead of the peak season, but continued to report declining airfreight load factors.The latest monthly figures from the region’s leading airlines show that five of the seven carriers that provide monthly figures saw utilisation levels decrease compared with ...
-
News
Air cargo market improves in September
Air cargo traffic and yields continued to pick up in September following on from the general malaise experienced over the second quarter.The latest data from analyst WorldACD show that volumes increased by 1.9% year on year in September while yields picked up by 0.4% on a month earlier.This was the ...
-
News
Slowdown for Asian airlines
Preliminary September traffic figures from the Association of Asia Pacific Airlines (AAPA) showed a continuing divergence between the cargo and passenger business. The latter remains strong but airfreight remains weak, says AAPA.Air cargo markets remained subdued, with demand in freight tonne kilometre (FTK) terms only matching the same month last ...
-
News
Airfreight fails to hit the heights
International air freight fell during the second quarter in the US and remained below its pre-crisis peak in the EU, according to the latest update of global freight data collected by the International Transport Forum at the OECD (Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development at the United Nations).However, exports to ...
-
News
Air cargo demand stagnant while yields decline
Airline data continues to point towards difficult market conditions for air cargo carriers, but some regions are showing improvements.Figures released today by WorldACD show that volumes during August increased 0.9% against last year while yields fell by 1.2% compared with July.The analyst said demand and yield data for the year ...
-
News
Airport cargo volumes decline in August
Global airfreight volumes at airports continued to slow in August as China’s economic slowdown took its toll on the cargo industry.The latest data from Airports Council International shows airports recorded an August decrease in cargo volumes of 0.2% year-on-year (see table below).For the first eight months of the year, volumes ...
-
News
Mixed cargo results for American airlines in September
September was a mixed month for American air cargo carriers, with American Airlines and United Airlines recording demand increases while Delta and LATAM saw volumes slide.The airline that recorded the largest year-on-year increase in demand during the month was American which saw cargo volumes increase by 2.7% on last year ...
-
News
World airfreight loses its bounce as China falters
The normal summer bounce in the world airfreight market failed to materialise this year, due largely to the faltering Chinese economy, said market data specialist WorldACD in its latest report.July was flat with only 0.7% volume growth, the lowest of any month this year, and revenue figures were also the ...
-
News
Asia Pacific cargo demand weakened in July
Asia Pacific carriers saw air cargo demand weaken in July while international passenger numbers showed “further robust growth”.Preliminary traffic figures for July released by the Association of Asia Pacific Airlines (AAPA) saw airfreight markets soften, “reflecting a slowdown in world trade activity and weakening demand for Asian exports”.Measured in freight ...
-
News
Drewry's east-west price index on the rise
Drewry’s East-West Air Freight Price Index recovered 2.0 points in July to a reading of 90.3, lifting it off its lowest ever level since the index was first launched in May 2012.In US dollar terms, this still left the benchmark well below the $3 per kg threshold, first breached in ...
-
News
DHL, K+N and DB Schenker the leading airfreight forwarders
DHL Global Forwarding, Kuehne+Nagel and DB Schenker have maintained their position as the world’s leading airfreight forwarders, while the top 25 forwarders recorded a total increase in airfreight demand of less than one percent.The latest top 25 Global Freight Forwarders List from consultant Armstrong & Associates, based on revenues and ...
-
News
Mixed H1 for European airfreight forwarders
It has been a mixed first half of the year for Europe's leading airfreight forwarders, with some reporting strong volumes increases while others have continued to struggle with restructuring.One company that has had a difficult start to the year is the world’s largest airfreight forwarder DHL Global Forwarding.The Deutsche Post ...
-
News
World's 50 largest air cargo carriers in 2014: FedEx leading the way
Federal Express was the world's busiest cargo airline in 2014, beating Emirates into second place and United Parcel Service into third (scroll down for top 50).IATA's annual World Air Transport Statistics report, which covers individual airlines as opposed to groups, revealed that FedEx was the busiest airline in 2014, with ...
-
News
AsiaPac air cargo demand remains weak in August
Air cargo markets in the Asia Pacific region remained relatively weak in August, according to the latest data from the Association of Asia Pacific Airlines (AAPA).The association stated: “The weakness in air cargo markets extended to the month of August, with demand in freight tonne kilometre (FTK) terms recording a ...
-
News
Airport data points to Asian air cargo slowdown in July
Airport cargo data issued today by Airports Council International Asia-Pacific is the latest set of figures to point to a continued slowdown in Asian demand.The ACI figures show that freight volumes at airports in the Asia-Pacific region were flat in July compared with last year.Performance was also subdued in the ...
-
News
E-AWB usage edges up in August
Electronic air waybill (e-AWB) penetration in August registered the highest increase in percentage point terms so far this year but time is running out to meet the end of year target.The latest statistics from IATA show that e-AWB penetration has now reached 31.7%, up by 2.7 percentage points from the ...
-
News
Airfreight demand edges up but "all is not well", says IATA
Airfreight volumes edged up slightly in August following on from a decline in July, but Asian and North American carriers still registered a slide in demand for the month.The latest seasonally adjusted demand data from IATA shows that airlines recorded a 0.2% year-on-year increase in freight tonne km (FTK) in ...