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Qatar Airways posted record profit and strong cargo business for the fiscal year 2021-22.

The air cargo market, like other freight sectors, is in a dip. There are mixed signs that air could bounce back sooner than other transport modes.

Record cargo revenue motivates investment in dedicated aircraft, cold storage and IT systems

Kuehne + Nagel is the biggest air and ocean logistics provider and it’s pushing the right buttons for fast growth.

The air cargo market is very strong, but the latest January numbers are deceiving.

Passenger airlines are limping back to health, but the air cargo sector is on fire.

Peak airport congestion during peak season is undermining air cargo transport.

Air cargo is typically unaffordable for most shippers. With ocean rates off the charts, air doesn’t look so bad. If you can find a booking, why wouldn’t you fly?

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

Air cargo throughput is expected to continue its upward trend after a strong first-half showing, IATA said.

Kuehne + Nagel is one of the largest third-party logistics providers in the world and it got larger in the second quarter.

The Upside Down is a parallel universe inhabited by the Demogorgon in the Netflix series “Stranger Things.” In the real world, shippers that don’t want to get eaten by ocean carriers are fleeing to air cargo.

Airfreight markets around the world are facing serious capacity constraints. Trade growth is overwhelming the physical ability of carriers to move goods and it’s reflected in transport prices.

Air cargo carriers can barely keep up with demand. International passenger airlines are desperate for more traffic. But the two segments are inextricably linked, for better or worse.

You think you can just book your cargo on a plane to avoid the ocean shipping congestion at the Suez Canal? Guess again. Freighters were flying full even before the Ever Given got stuck, so finding space will be very difficult.

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 cargo world. If you see it, book it and don’t worry about the price.

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 passenger airlines, which are cutting more flights and struggling to survive.

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 will have to increase their transport budgets if they want goods to move quickly.

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 that of 2019. But, at least, airlines can count on cargo shipments.

If you can’t rent an entire cargo plane for yourself, you might have trouble finding space on an aircraft to make an international shipment.

The first airports are releasing cargo performance data for 2020. Hong Kong and Amsterdam took a hit.

The airfreight sector is nursing itself back to health and should be discharged from intensive care by April. Find out why.

The air cargo market is doing much better than passenger business for airlines. It could reach equilibrium, following the pandemic shock, in the next few months.

Air cargo flight frequency begins to bounce back in the second half of 2020, exceeding 2019’s airline cargo monthly volumes.

New data shows cargo continued to rebound in October thanks to strong North American market and economic fundamentals. By next year, the air cargo market will be back to 2019 levels, while the passenger sector struggles to survive.

The airfreight market is gaining strength as trade and e-commerce grow, but the disappearance of most international air travel is hurting airlines. And the situation appears to be worsening with new waves of COVID in Europe and the U.S.

The air cargo industry is operating with an anchor tied around its waist: The absence of strong passenger service.

Making more money doing less less work. That’s air cargo in a nutshell. Volume is down from 2019, but yields are up.

Good luck finding an available aircraft to haul your goods at a reasonable price for the next three months. Competition for airlift is fierce these days. Find out why.

Companies have to spend more time trying to find cargo space for their goods with more than half the global passenger fleet still grounded by the coronavirus. The good news is carriers and logistics companies continue to add services.

Air cargo capacity is tight out of key areas in Southeast Asia, but Chinese exporters enjoyed a week of flat to lower rates as supply exceeded demand

Companies that need to move goods by air will need to increase their transportation budgets to get through the fourth quarter as low capacity ignites airfreight prices.

The air cargo market continued its recovery in July from the depths of the COVID pandemic, but is still far below last year’s results. Demand is expected to shoot up in the next few months because the holidays are coming.

Price inflation has tapered off for many – not all – air cargo markets during the second half of August. Shippers shouldn’t get used to it.

Airfreight exports from China slowed a bit in mid-August, allowing shippers to take back a tiny bit of pricing before rates shoot up for the next few months in as retailers build inventory for the holidays.

Shipping by air got much more expensive when the coronavirus pandemic exploded in March. After moderating earlier this summer, another price spike is brewing.

Shipping goods by air is expensive, especially on the biggest trade lines from China. Rates are much higher than normal for this time of year, but they are heading up more with no end in sight.

Atlas Air Worldwide’s big cargo planes have been in flying full tilt since the novel coronavirus metastasized in March. Combine that with high rates and you’ll understand why r revenue and profit grew so much in the second quarter.

Airfreight rates from China are on the rise again. The rest of the world is more stable when it comes to air cargo. But China is driving much of the transport activity because of its export of face masks and other goods.

Airline industry officials are more pessimistic about a recovery after seeing a decline in consumer confidence and coronavirus surges in some countries. Cargo has more near-term upside, but June volumes were disappointing for carriers.

It’s not an accident that United Airlines’ cargo business in the second quarter dwarfed that of Delta Air Lines and American Airlines.

Airfreight looks like a haven for some ocean shippers that can’t find reliable, affordable transportation, but it probably won’t be that way for long because more businesses will need to move goods by air in the coming months and there aren’t enough planes.

Express carriers UPS and DHL helped push Brussels Airport into the black for June’s cargo volume. Most airports during the pandemic haven’t been able to make up for the loss of passenger flights on which so much cargo typically flows.

The global airfreight market contracted during the first six months of 2020, but airlines made much more money from cargo than last year, according to World ACD.

vailable cargo space on outbound aircraft from China is starting to become scarce again. Shippers better hurry to lock up reservations for the late summer and peak season.

Russian airline Volga-Dnepr, whose planes are commonly associated with transporting heavy equipment, spent the past three months ferrying tons of medical supplies from China to France to combat COVID-19.

The air freight market appears saner in recent weeks, with less competition among shippers for transport services. But the shape of the recovery is anyone’s guess and a possible demand spike for face masks and surgical gowns could create a hyper-market again.

Glass half empty – cargo business and finances are bad for the airlines. Glass half full – they’re not as bad as they were two months ago.

Face shields, gloves and hand sanitizer were yesterday’s hot airfreight product. Now the cool shipments that people need right away are yoga pants, bikes and hot tubs.

Airlines continue to send out SOS distress signals. The industry’s main trade association says profit margins will drop 20% this year, but the increased reliance on air cargo is helping companies stay alive and keep employees.

The airfreight market is a volatile conundrum. Overall, demand is down. But with few planes flying these days and everyone wanting a face mask, good luck finding affordable space for your shipment of auto parts or seafood.

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It doesn’t look like American’s cargo fortunes are going to turn around soon, but its overall operational performance is improving.

Global trade tensions and a weakening economy took a toll on air freight.

Three large carrier groups reported similar results.

The November decline was one of the smallest in 2019.

Air Cargo Market Expert Jesse Cohen writes an insightful commentary on what the outlook for air cargo is in 2020.

Market expert Jesse Cohen writes about the 2019 air cargo market to date, and industry personnel look ahead to 2020.

The U.S.-China trade war has dropped trade volumes between the two countries to date in 2019. One result – Mexico is now the #1 trade partner of the U.S.

Cathy Roberson writes about Vietnam’s growth as a manufacturing center as manufacturing moves from China to other nations in Southeast Asia.

FreightWaves adds air cargo volume and pricing data to SONAR platform