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The game of ‘cat and mouse’ between some of the world’s biggest trading nations may have taken its first nibble at international e-commerce volumes in February’s global air cargo market data with spot rates from Shanghai to the US dropping -29% month-on-month to US$3.23 per kg, according to the latest industry analysis by Xeneta.Even allowing for the earlier Lunar New Year and the seasonal e-commerce slowdown at the start of ...
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This year - 2025 - began with lower-than-expected growth in global air cargo demand in January of just +2% year-on-year compared to the double-digit monthly increases throughout last year but fears of a trade war over tariffs impacting volumes and growth forecasts for the year are premature, say industry analysts ...
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The global air cargo market cruised into 2025 on the back of 14 consecutive months of double-digit growth in demand as volumes climbed +11% year-on-year in December and average spot rates finished the year +15% higher, said industry analysts Xeneta.
While Xeneta is forecasting demand growth of +4-6% in 2025, chief ...
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Global air cargo demand showed no signs of slowing in November as volumes recorded a 13th consecutive month of double-digit growth and load factors hit their highest level since April 2022, according to the latest market analysis by Xeneta.
Demand rose +10% year-on-year in November, fuelled by the continued boom in ...
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The global air cargo market’s hot summer continued in August with average spot rates showing their largest year-on-year growth of +24%, according to the latest weekly analysis by Xeneta.
Global average air cargo spot rates of US$ 2.68 per kg in August were boosted by continuing supply and demand imbalance. August's ...
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July’s Crowdstrike IT outage produced no significant ongoing disruption to resurgent air cargo demand, with rates rising for a sixth consecutive month, says market analyst Xeneta.
Global average air cargo spot rates reached US$2.66 per kg in July, 20% higher year-on-year. This was again driven by strong global cargo demand growth. ...
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The CrowdStrike failure that led to global IT outages across the world on 19 July could have a longer-term impact on the logistics industry, says an airfreight rates expert.
While news channels reported on 22 July that many of the computers and other devices that had been affected were now back ...
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Air cargo is heading for a hot fourth quarter of rate increases after a sixth straight month of double-digit growth in June, says analyst Xeneta in its latest report. It warns that shippers and forwarders ill-prepared for this year’s peak season may find themselves “at the mercy of the market”.
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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 forecasts at the end of last year, expectations have been boosted by six ...
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The impact of air cargo’s ‘black swan’ event – the conflict in the Red Sea that has disrupted shipping – showed signs of easing in April but volume growth still registered the fourth straight month of +11% increases in global air freight demand, according to the latest weekly data analysis ...
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