IAG Cargo saw its revenues fall in the third quarter of the year despite its volumes increasing.

The airline group, which includes British Airways and Iberia, registered a 29.5% decline in revenues during the period to €263m.

Meanwhile, air cargo traffic increased by 19.7% to 1.1bn cargo tonne kms.

The reason for the decline in revenues despite higher volumes is a drop off in airfreight rates compared with a year ago.

For example, the latest monthly rate data from the Baltic Exchange Airfreight Index (BAI) shows that rates from Hong Kong to Europe were down 38.9% in September compared with a year earlier.

IAG's own figures show that in the third quarter, its revenues per cargo tonne km fell 41.1% year on year to 23.11 cents.

However, this is still higher the pre-Covid 2019 level for the third quarter of 19.99 cents.

Commenting on the performance of its cargo business, IAG said: "Our Cargo business continues to see declines in revenue and profit as industry supply continues to exceed reducing demand

for air freight. Cargo yields remain above 2019 levels."

IAG Cargo Q3 2023