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NewsAsian Cargo Monthly: Asian airlines enjoy peak boost
October was another strong month for Asian airline’s cargo divisions as the peak season got underway.The monthly cargo figures released by seven major airlines based in Asia show that all the carriers recorded demand improvements in October. The improvement in demand reflects the performance of US and European carriers.The region’s ...
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NewsDrewry East-West Airfreight Price Index on the rise
At an average of US$3.15 per kg, Drewry’s East-West Airfreight Price Index reached its highest point of this year in October.At 97.0, the index was up 5.1 points on the September figure. However, the index remains some way off the value of 99.7 it was at in October 2015.A Drewry ...
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NewsEuropean cargo monthly: Demand on the up as peak season gets underway
It was another strong month for cargo volume growth for some of Europe’s major airline groups in October as the winter peak season gets underway.Statistics from Lufthansa, IAG and Finnair all showed continued improved performance during the month, while Air France KLM continued to see a decrease as it adjusts ...
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NewsLATAM cargo revenues and volumes slide in Q3
Cargo revenues at the LATAM Group continued to decline during the third quarter of the year as a result of a decline in traffic and yields.The South American carrier recorded total cargo revenues of $266m during the third quarter compared with $310m during the same period in 2015.The decline was ...
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NewsDHL Global Forwarding sees first pick-up in airfreight demand since Q1 2015
DHL Global Forwarding has managed to record its first quarterly year on year improvement in airfreight volumes since the start of 2015 but revenues and earnings continued to come under pressure.The world’s leading airfreight forwarder recorded a 2% year-on-year increase in export tonnage during the third quarter of the year ...
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NewsAsian cargo monthly: Demand improves across the board
It was a clean sweep for airlines in Asia as all seven companies monitored by Air Cargo News’ monthly performance round-up saw demand improve during the month.The data supplied by airlines reflects the numbers in Europe and the Americas, where the majority of carriers also revealed an uptick in demand ...
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IATA the latest to report improving airfreight market but warns trade remains weak
IATA is the latest organisation to report an improvement in air cargo demand in September but has warned the improvement is partly down to one-off factors and that trade indicators remain weak.The airline organisation said that in September air cargo demand in freight tonne km terms improved by 6.1% year ...
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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 ...