The global air cargo market is on a pathway to double-digit growth in volumes in 2024 after a +12% year-on-year jump in demand in May, according to the latest data analysis by Xeneta. Despite conservative, low single digit industry growth forecasts at the end of last year, expectations have been ...

According to the latest data from Xeneta, the global air cargo market witnessed an unexpected surge in demand, rising by 11% year-on-year for the third consecutive month in March. This growth, fueled by buoyant e-commerce volumes and concerns over disruptions in the Red Sea region affecting ocean...

Global air cargo volumes rose by a surprise but welcome 10% year-on-year in January as shippers’ concerns over hostilities in the Red Sea and an early Lunar New Year more than compensated for an anticipated post-Christmas drop in ecommerce traffic, according to the latest weekly market analysis by...

Global air cargo volumes and spot rates inched up slightly in October, offering a glimmer of hope for airlines and freight forwarders. However, overall demand remained subdued, dampening expectations of a traditional year-end revenue boost, according to the latest weekly market analysis by Xeneta. ...

The global air cargo spot rate flattened to USD 2.19 per kg in August, its lowest level since the onset of the pandemic as another weak summer month saw chargeable weight edge -1% lower for a fourth consecutive month, according to the latest weekly market analysis from CLIVE Data Services, part of X...

Shippers will hold the upper hand in the next round of winter airfreight rates negotiations after another month of falling demand in July saw volumes drop -2% month-over-month, and the general global air freight spot rate decline at a hastening pace of 40% or more for a fourth consecutive month, acc...

Tension is mounting in the global air cargo market heading into the weaker summer months with general airfreight rates falling in May to their lowest level since March 2020 as restless airlines and freight forwarders went in search of volumes, indicates the latest weekly market analysis by CLIVE Dat...

The global air cargo market may have to ‘hang on until October’ for signs of a recovery after a flood of summer bellyhold capacity on major lanes and a -4% drop in demand in April indicated a challenging 4-5 months ahead, according to new weekly analysis from CLIVE Data Services, part of Xeneta....

Longer-term contracts between shippers and freight forwarders may signal ‘more common ground’ in a stabilising global air cargo market which saw demand dip at a slower -3% year-over-year in March, according to the latest weekly market insight from industry analysts CLIVE Data Services, part of X...

Despite high inflation and falling US retail sales, westbound air cargo volumes between Europe and North America rose 6% year-on-year in January but overall global air cargo demand continued to fall, down -8%, as an earlier Chinese New Year and economic headwinds subdued other major lanes, according...

Freight forwarders are taking a ‘wait and see’ approach before making long-term air cargo capacity commitments as airlines saw demand drop 2% month-over-month in November as general airfreight volumes dipped for a ninth consecutive month, dashing hopes of a late peak season boost, according to t...

Christmas didn’t come early for the global air cargo industry as volumes declined -8% year-over-year in October and provided no current signals to indicate an upturn in 2023, as year-over-year demand fell for the eighth consecutive month, according to new weekly market data from industry analysts ...

General air freight spot rates fell 9% year-over-year in September, to below the 2021 level for the first time this year, as returning global cargo capacity continued to outpace air cargo volumes, according to the latest weekly market data from industry analysts, CLIVE Data Services, part of Xeneta....

Seasonally adjusted general air cargo market performance data for July 2022 shows a continued slowing down of volume, load factor, capacity, and airfreight rates as the impact of economic and political uncertainties on world trade continue to hang over the industry. Weekly market intelligence from ...

The war in Ukraine, resulting sanctions and lockdowns in China muted the growth of general air cargo volumes and capacity in March, causing a sudden interruption to the recovery trend of recent months after the peak Covid disruption of the past two years, according to the latest weekly air cargo mar...