air cargo market Tagged Articles

A large pallet with a tarp sits on a cart next to an airplane wing and engine.

Eric Kulisch, Air Cargo EditorThursday, January 13, 2022

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Air cargo growth hits supply chain turbulence

Growth in air cargo volumes decelerated in the last two months of 2021. Blame it on too much demand stressing the freight system.

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Screen shot of a computer display with commodity prices going up.

Eric Kulisch, Air Cargo EditorFriday, October 15, 2021

Freightos takes on TAC with new airfreight index

Freightos has set up an index to track a basket of prices for airfreight, just like it did with its ocean shipping index.

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A Cargolux 747 cargo plane on the tarmac on a bright day with an empty pallet in the foreground.

Eric Kulisch, Air Cargo EditorWednesday, October 13, 2021

Superhot airfreight market leaves shippers in the cold

The traditional peak shipping season for air cargo is turning into super peak and a microcosm of the ocean shipping chaos. Turbulence ahead.

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Front view of a plane taking off, with a United Airlines plane in the background.

Eric Kulisch, Air Cargo EditorWednesday, September 29, 2021

Airline group says cargo grew 7.7% in August

The International Air Transport Association reported strong growth for air cargo in August.

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Wing of a plane viewed from behind the plane, with cargo being loaded in side door.

Eric Kulisch, Air Cargo EditorThursday, March 18, 2021

Bargain hunters beware: No time to shop for airfreight deals

There’s no time for deliberation these days if you want to get high-value cargo shipped by air. It’s a strong seller’s market in the air…

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A white and green plane loading pallets of cargo through side door.

Eric Kulisch, Air Cargo EditorThursday, March 4, 2021

Air cargo 2021: The good, the bad and the ugly

Air cargo is a good news, bad news story this year. Shipment volumes are at pre-crisis levels. But cargo is joined at the hip with…

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A 747 jumbo jet with white paint and light blue accents with the word CARGO on the side.

Eric Kulisch, Air Cargo EditorMonday, March 1, 2021

Transport buyers dig deeper into wallets for air cargo

Airfreight markets are topsy-turvy in the COVID era, but importers and exporters can count on one thing: paying two to three times normal rates. CFOs…

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Containers on a lift get loaded into side a big airplane on a sunny day.

Eric Kulisch, Air Cargo EditorWednesday, February 3, 2021

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For airlines in 2020, cargo no substitute for people

Uncertain vaccine rollouts and mutant COVID-19 strains are messing up airline industry hopes for a second-half recovery this year. At best, traffic will be half…

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