ACI World: 10th bad month for airfreight

Airfreight has declined for the 10th consecutive month, with August falling 5% according to Airports Council International (ACI) World. All regions of the world declined on a year-on-year basis, with North America proving least bad, only falling 3.2% while Africa was down 10.3%. Year-to-date freight volumes are down 2.9%, with international freight falling 4.6%, and […]

ACI World: 2019 could be a bad year for airfreight

Airfreight is continuing to go down, and may well end 2019 in the negative, according to Airports Council International (ACI) World. After falling 2.8% year-on-year in May, the global freight market was down 5.1% in June, pushing the total for the first half of 2019 down 3.2%. The airfreight figures are in contrast to the […]

ACI World: International freight remains weak in May

While global passenger traffic remains resilient, airfreight continued to struggle in May, Airports Council International (ACI) World reports. The global airfreight market fell 2.8% in May, and is down 2.7% on a year-to-date basis due to weak international volumes. International freight was down 5.1% year-on-year in May and 4.7% year-to-date, compared to domestic growth of […]

ACI World: 2019 could be a hard year for airfreight

Following a slightly better month in March, airfreight fell again in April with a decline of 3.6%, according to Airports Council International (ACI) World. Around the world, only North America and Africa saw total freight volumes growing year-on-year in April. North America increased by 1.4% in April, with domestic freight increasing by 7.5%, making up […]