IATA: Air Freight Makes Solid Start to 2016 International Air Transport Association (IATA) released data for global air freight markets in January showing a rise in freight tonne kilometers (FTK) of 2.7% compared to January 2015. This continues the improving trend witnessed toward the end of 2015, and is the fastest pace since April of last year. From Tony Tyler IATA … [Read more...]
IATA: Air Freight Markets Grow Slightly in September
IATA: Air Freight Markets Grow Slightly in September From IATA: September 2015 data for global air freight markets showing very modest growth of 1.0% compared to the same month a year ago. This is a slight improvement on the August performance when volumes were broadly stable. Overall, however, air cargo volumes remain 1.2% down from their 2014 year-end peak. The … [Read more...]
IATA: Air Freight Shows Modest Growth for March 2015
IATA: Air Freight Shows Modest Growth for March 2015 The International Air Transport Association (IATA) released data for global air freight markets, showing a modest 1.6% rise in volumes in March compared to a year ago. The March performance stands in contrast to the strong 12.2% rise reported for February. However, February’s performance, was skewed positively by the … [Read more...]
IATA: Three Priorities for Air Cargo
Three Priorities for Air Cargo From Tony Tyler, IATA’s Director General and CEO at the opening of the 9th World Cargo Symposium in Shanghai, China. “Air cargo has had a challenging few years. 2014 saw the first significant boost in volumes since 2010, a trend we expect to continue this year. Revenues, however, are still down from the 2011 peak, and yields are falling for … [Read more...]
Growth: Air Cargo Ends 2014
Growth: Air Cargo Ends 2014 From IATA (International Air Transport Association): The full-year air cargo data for 2014 shows 4.5% demand growth compared to 2013 measured by freight tonne kilometers (FTKs). That is significant compared to the small increase of 1.4% recorded in 2013 over 2012. The growth in December increased 4.9%, compared to December … [Read more...]