The air cargo market was stable in terms of tonnages on a worldwide level in the week ending Sunday May 25 (week 21), compared to the previous week. Whereas the week-on-week worldwide figure was flat, demand was +6% higher than last year, with the largest absolute volume growth within the Asia Pacific region. Thanks to the strong increase in week 20, the last two weeks taken together were up with a high single digit (+7%) compared to the two weeks before combined (2Wo2W), according to the latest data from WorldACD.
Zooming in on origin regions, different regional dynamics reveal a more nuanced picture in the last two weeks. Compared with the previous two weeks combined, the most buoyant region-to-region markets were Asia Pacific to North America (+19%) and North America to Asia Pacific (+13%), with the largest decline in volume from Central & South America to North America (-23%), which is a normal post-Mother’s Day flower shipments pattern.
In the turbulent geopolitical climate all eyes are on what is happening from the air freight powerhouse China (including Hong Kong). With the air cargo industry flocking to the conference in Munich next week, this will be one of the most talked about topics. We share the most recent trends on the headhaul markets China to USA and Europe in the charts below. These show weekly demand trends for air cargo shipments from China to USA (left) and to Europe (right). The data include up to week 21, ending last Sunday, May 25.
For the last six-week period we observe the following:
Source: WCA
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