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2024 Air Cargo Update: Cleared for take off
April 4, 2024
Despite ongoing geopolitical headwinds, the majority of airfreight analysts say that 2024 may herald the start of a new economic growth cycle for the global air cargo industry.
2023 State of Logistics: Air Cargo
July 10, 2023
Air cargo remains challenged by volatile conditions.
Air cargo climbs to smoother altitudes
April 3, 2023
Despite a list of lingering challenges, there are a number of positive factors driving today’s air cargo markets, including the increase of airfreight fleets across different regions as well as returning passenger flights—which has only increased cargo capacity and market reach. Here’s what air shippers need to know as we roll through 2023.
Air Cargo: Volatility lingers
April 4, 2022
Even with a strong recovery in revenue, the IATA maintains that air cargo did not meet its full growth potential last year. In the meantime, tight capacity, labor shortages, infrastructure shortfalls—and now the Russian invasion of Ukraine—continue to cloud the forecast in this vital sector.
Air cargo supply chains are expected to remain under pressure
January 3, 2022
Air rates are feeling even more upward pressure than usual from reduced passenger jet capacity—which could be made worse by omicron fears—and congestion due to labor shortages among overwhelmed ground crews.
State of Logistics 2021: Air Cargo
July 12, 2021
Air cargo continues steady climb in volumes, rates.
Air Cargo 2021: PANDEMIC leaves residual mark on sector
July 8, 2021
High demand for cargo space created capacity constraints and consequential high rates over the past year on a majority of lanes. And while it appears the height of the pandemic crisis is in the rear view, shippers most likely won’t see relief from elevated rates until demand and available capacity level out.
Air Cargo: Less regulatory interference, please
July 8, 2021
Global airlines are scrambling to meet the gap between cargo demand and available lift by all means possible.
Global Logistics: Challenges in our changing world
February 8, 2021
From strained global freight networks to rapid e-commerce growth, the logistics industry and its service providers around the world have demonstrated how flexible and systemically relevant they are as they keep the global supply chain flowing.
Quest for Quality 2020: Air Carriers/Airfreight Forwarders
August 7, 2020
Top global service in the face of blistering COVID-19 headwinds.
Air Cargo Update: Dark clouds continue to hover
July 9, 2020
While COVID-19 has brought extraordinary challenges to the air cargo community, we’re now starting to see some opportunities emerge. Here’s how carriers are responding.
Unprecedented turbulence hits air cargo industry
April 6, 2020
While there was optimism due to easing trade tensions at the end of 2019, new complications now find the world’s air carriers back on their heels.
Transport concerns adapt to lower freight volumes in “challenging” freight environment
November 18, 2019
The combination of a slumping U.S. manufacturing economy, a nervous trade war between the world’s two largest economies, a 40-day labor strike that shut down General Motors Corp., and a general economic malaise nervously settling in over much of the nation is causing transport executives and shippers to nervously change their economic game plans for 2020.
Air Cargo Quarterly Transportation Market Update Q2 2019: Volumes “Stagnant” for now
August 12, 2019
Ongoing trade tensions, pricing volatility and slack demand have kept the air cargo market on hold for most of this year. However, industry analysts say that a new set of factors could reverse the trend by peak season.