15 January, 2024
Odys Aviation and Aramex Announce Partnership to Develop Cargo Operations in the United Arab Emirates and Oman
10 January, 2024
Air Cargo Demand Up 8.3% in November
Some indicators to note include:
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November Regional Performance (total market)
Asia-Pacific airlines saw their air cargo volumes increase by 13.8% in November 2023 compared to the same month in 2022. This performance was significantly above the previous month’s growth of 7.6%. Available capacity for the region’s airlines increased by 29.6% compared to November 2022 as more belly capacity came online with the removal of COVID-19 restrictions.
North American carriers had the weakest demand growth in November with a 1.8% increase (YoY) in cargo volumes. This was, nonetheless, a significant improvement in performance compared to October’s -1.8% contraction. Capacity increased by 4.0% compared to November 2022.
European carriers saw their air cargo volumes increase by 6.7% in November compared to the same month in 2022. This was a stronger performance than in October (1.0%). Capacity increased 6.5% in November 2023 compared to 2022.
Middle Eastern carriers had the strongest performance in November 2023, with a 13.5% year-on-year increase in cargo volumes. This was similar to the significant improvement noted in the previous month’s performance (+13.0%). Capacity increased 15.4% compared to November 2022.
Latin American carriers experienced a 4.2% increase in cargo volumes compared to November 2022, very similar to the 4.0% year-on-year increase recorded for October. Capacity in November was up 7.7% compared to the same month in 2022.
African airlines saw their air cargo volumes increase by 3.9% in November 2023, slightly improved compared to October’s +2.9% growth performance. Capacity was 14.0% above November 2022 levels.
06 December, 2023
Repsol to supply SAF to Atlas Air and Inditex for regular use on cargo flights....
Flights from Zaragoza Airport (Spain) carried out by Atlas Air for Inditex are using sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) produced by Repsol.
Atlas Air becomes the first cargo airline to use SAF regularly on its freight transport flights in Spain, marking a new milestone towards the decarbonization of the airline sector.
Air Cargo Demand up 3.8% in October says IATA
Several factors in the operating environment should be noted:
• Economic activities slowed in October. With the Purchasing Managers’ Index for manufacturing output and export orders for major economies (excluding the US) remaining below the critical 50 mark, there is a clear marker for economic challenges ahead.• Inflation in major advanced economies continued to ease from its peak in terms of Consumer Price Index (CPI), reaching between 3% and 4% for the US and for the EU respectively, in October. China’s CPI, however, indicated deflation for the second time this year, raising concerns of an economic slowdown.• Global trade reversed its downward trajectory and stabilized in September. Although below its 2022 peak, global cross-border trade is more than 5% above pre-pandemic levels.• After a continuous 17-month decline, cargo yields ticked-up in September and continued into October with a 2.6% month-on-month gain, remaining well-above pre-pandemic levels.
04 December, 2023
IAG Cargo hosts roundtable in India to discuss growth in the region
IAG Cargo has 56 flights per week from India across 5 routes and has seen a 31% increase in tonnage versus last year – with notable growth in Constant Climate, Fresh and Courier
Premium Hong Kong travel lifestyle brand Cathay collaborates with AWS to reduce IT infrastructure costs by 40%
AWS to reduce IT infrastructure costs by 40% and establish the Cathay Machine Learning Innovation Hub to automate operations and enhance air travel experiences
16 November, 2023
Cargojet to off load four Boeing 757 jets
10 November, 2023
Air cargo demand up nearly 2% in September.
In September, both the manufacturing output Purchasing Managers Index or PMI (49.7) and new export orders PMI (47.7) saw a slight improvement to the previous month. They remained, however, below the critical 50-point threshold, indicating a continuing, but slightly slower, annual decline in global manufacturing production and exports.Global cross-border trade contracted for the fifth month in a row in August, decreasing 3.8% year-over-year. This reflects the cooling global macroeconomic environment.Annual growth in US consumer prices stabilized in September at 3.7%, the same rate as in August. In Europe and Japan consumer price inflation slowed by 1.0 and 0.2 percentage points, respectively, to 4.9% and 3.0%, (also respectively). In China, deflation-fighting policy measures saw an annual rise in consumer prices of 0.1%.In September, the average price of jet fuel was USD 131.0 per barrel, marking a 43.1% increase from the May 2023 price. Recouping some of this added cost from surcharges in September contributed to the first increase in air cargo yields since November 2022.
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September Regional Performance
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25 October, 2023
IAG Cargo announces new 2023-2024 winter schedule
IAG Cargo increases frequency on routes including to Miami, Dubai and Cape Town from London Gatwick and London Heathrow
IAG Cargo launches new route to Ghana, and restarts Costa Rica from London Gatwick
IAG Cargo customers to benefit from new schedule at the end of October through to March 2024
04 October, 2023
Silk Way West Airlines takes delivery of first Boeing 777 Freighter
The cargo carrier is modernizing its fleet with five Boeing 777 Freighters
22 September, 2023
IAG Cargo launches Constant Climate in Cincinnati
IAG Cargo has expanded its Constant Climate global network that serves the pharmaceutical, bioscience and healthcare industry adding Cincinnati Northern Kentucky International Airport as an approved station.IAG Cargo has over 100 approved stations across six continentsCincinnati’s strategic location serves as an ideal station, facilitating freight forwarders throughout the United States in transporting an array of healthcare items from vaccines to clinical trial medicines.
21 September, 2023
Korean Air to fully transition to electronic air waybill
20 September, 2023
Korean Air introduces sustainable aviation fuel program for its Cargo operation.
Korean Air will launch a program to use sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) for air cargo operations in cooperation with air cargo customers and forwarders.
16 September, 2023
Gunnar Már Sigurfinnsson resigns as Managing Director of Icelandair Cargo
06 September, 2023
Air Cargo demand strengthens despite challenges in July
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) released data for July 2023 global air cargo markets, showing a continuing trend of recovering growth rates since February. July air cargo demand was tracking just 0.8% below the previous year’s levels. Although demand is now basically flat compared to 2022, this is an improvement on recent months’ performance that is particularly significant given declines in global trade volumes and rising concerns over China’s economy.
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24 August, 2023
IAG Cargo appoints new Sustainability Manager
14 August, 2023
ATSG completes record month of freighter deployments
Two Airbus A321-200 delivered to Raya Airways of Malaysia, which also currently operates three Boeing 767-200 aircraft leased from CAM.A Boeing 767-300 leased to Cargojet Airways of Mississauga, Canada, bringing the total number of their CAM-leased Boeing 767 freighters to four.A Boeing 767-300 leased to new customer Georgian Airlines LLC of Tbilisi, Georgia.A Boeing 767-300 leased to Amerijet International Airlines of Miami, Florida. CAM now leases a total of ten Boeing 767-300 freighters to Amerijet.A Boeing 767-300 leased to SkyTaxi of Wroclaw, Poland. SkyTaxi also leases two Boeing 767-200 freighters from CAM.
31 July, 2023
IAG Cargo reports half year revenues of €603million, up 8.5% on the same time in 2019
IAG Cargo recently unveiled its semi-automated Premium handling facility, with a cutting-edge temperature-controlled storage facility.The implementation of targeted investments across the business has led to enhanced performance in comparison to pre-pandemic.
The cargo division of International Airlines Group - IAG Cargo has reported its financial results for H1 2023 recently, which showed commercial revenues of €603 million for the period from January 1 to June 30 2023. That's up some 8.5% on the same period before the pandemic in 2019, although a decrease of 28.5% on last year's amount.
19 July, 2023
IAG Cargo partners with Kuehne+Nagel to advance Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF)
Kuehne+Nagel is reducing its Scope 3* carbon footprint by part-funding IAG's purchase of six million litres of Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF)
The SAF is scheduled to be delivered during 2023 as part of IAG Cargo and Kuehne+Nagel’s commitments to decarbonising air cargo
The SAF will be produced from used cooking oil and food waste, and reduces CO2 emissions by at least 80 per cent compared to conventional jet fuel