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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 ...
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NewsAirports report marginal airfreight growth during the first half
Airports saw airfreight volumes increase by 0.5% during the first half of the year as demand was affected by subdued growth in emerging markets and developing economies and a modest recovery in advanced economies.Figures from Airports Council International (ACI) show the 0.5% growth rate in global freight volumes comprised a ...
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NewsAmerican Cargo Monthly: declines at LATAM and Delta and improvements at United and American
Demand patterns at America’s major bellyhold cargo carriers continued along a similar trend to the rest of the year with United and American recording increases while LATAM and Delta reported declines.American Airlines Cargo flew 190.5m cargo ton miles in July, up by 5.7% on the same month of 2015. The ...
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NewsWorld's Top 75 Cargo Airports 2015
Air Cargo News has put together a list of the world's top 75 busiest cargo airports in 2015. See below.
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Danske Bank freight forwarding index brings little cheer
Danske Bank Markets’ European Freight Forwarding Index for July has been released and it indicates there was a significant decrease in volumes across all modes during the month.The overall index of July freight forwarding volumes came in at 38 compared with the previous month’s (June’s) figure of 57.In July last ...
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ACI looks back on tough first half of 2016
Airports Council International (ACI) Europe, the airport trade representative body, has released recently collated statistics that show that airfreight traffic across a wide spectrum of European gateways increased by 2.1% year on year over the first half of 2016.Airports in EU member states enjoyed a somewhat more positive 3.2% increase, ...
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IATA points to cargo traffic improvement, but problems remain
IATA’s latest monthly Airlines Financial Monitor, that for July, has highlighted the fact that freight data it has collected points to “an improvement from the weak conditions seen earlier in 2016”.However, it warned: “Familiar headwinds persist, and low freight loads are keeping downward pressure on cargo yields and revenues.”The seasonally-adjusted ...
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NewsAsian cargo monthly: Airlines see return to growth in June
Asian airlines reported improving airfreight demand in June with Cathay Pacific citing a half-year rush and a surge in exports from the Americas.The largest cargo carrier in the region, Cathay Pacific, saw cargo demand increase by 4.8% year-on-year in June to 876m cargo and mail tonne km (CMT).This is the ...
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NewsFirst half cargo demand up at IAG and Finnair but down for Lufthansa and AF KLM
Major European airlines’ cargo divisions have had a mixed first half of the year, with Air France KLM and Lufthansa recording demand declines while increases were registered for IAG Cargo and Finnair.The monthly statistics released by airlines has revealed that at the half way point of 2016, Europe’s largest cargo ...
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Airfreight demand on the increase but still outpaced by capacity rise
Global airfreight demand in June saw a 4.3% year-on-year rise in freight tonne km (FTK), the fastest pace of growth in 14 months.However, freight capacity measured in available freight tonne km (AFTKs) increased by 4.9% year-on-year, keeping yields under downward pressure.According to the latest monthly market analysis by airline association ...
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Airfreight rates pick up in June thanks to increases in fuel prices
Airfreight rates reached their highest level in seven months in June following on from improved demand performance for the month and higher fuel prices.The latest airfreight figures from Drewry’s Shipper Insight Report show that prices climbed to $2.75 per kg in June from $2.61 in May to reach their highest ...
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NewsHalf year cargo gains for American and United but declines at Delta
American Airlines and United Airlines both managed to record slight increases in cargo demand during the first half of the year despite declines for the overall North American market.United Airlines – the largest cargo carrier of the three major US airlines – saw cargo demand increase by 0.5% over the ...
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Air cargo demand on the up in June
Air cargo volume growth improved in June as demand at European airlines remained strong and there was a pick-up for Asia Pacific carriers.Analyst WorldACD said that, after a poor start to the year, worldwide chargeable weight improved by 2.7% year on year in June.WorldACD said that the uptick was caused ...
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May was not such a merry month for air cargo
May was another month of “disappointment” for air cargo as demand growth was “limited to 0.5%”, according to WorldACD.The analyst said it was hardly surprised by the low growth figure given that “world trade is in a slump”. During the month, volumes originating from North America declined by 4% year ...