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Another rise in air cargo market demand in February 2026, up +6% year-on-year, continued the encouraging spike in volume seen over the previous two months, and signalled underlying market resilience, despite the level of global trade and economic turbulence experienced over the past year.
But, five days into March, and with conflict now escalating in the Middle East, the market outlook is, once again, open to question, says industry analyst Xeneta.
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An earlier Lunar New Year flattered global air cargo demand in January as the year commenced with unexpected vigour with a +7% year-on-year boost in demand and an easing of recent freight rate declines, says industry analysts Xeneta. However, any early market optimism for 2026 was dampened by the first ...
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Global air cargo demand finished a tumultuous 2025 on a high with volumes up +6% year-on-year in December, but flatlining e-commerce shipments ex-China will create concern for airlines and forwarders reliant on consumers’ online buying sprees, say industry analysts Xeneta.
Better-than-expected volumes over the last quarter of the year helped air ...
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Christmas came early for global air cargo volumes in November with a further +5% year-on-year boost in demand adding to the seasonal cheer, but the industry’s e-commerce ‘growth engine’ of the past two years is slowing down, according market analysis from Xeneta.
While the demand for the traditionally busiest time of ...
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Global air cargo volume growth slowed in October but still recorded a stronger than expected +4% rise year-on-year, despite the easing of frontloading of imports by businesses ahead of tariffs and the US de minimis ban, reports industry analysts Xeneta.
The latest monthly data supports Xeneta’s forecast in September of an ...
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The global air cargo market is on course for +3-4% growth in demand in 2025 based on current trading conditions, but after unexpectedly high volumes over the summer, September’s data showed signs of growth slowing heading into the final quarter of the year, according to industry analysts Xeneta.
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Global air cargo volumes jumped by 5% year-on-year in July as more shippers opted for the speed of airfreight to help circumvent US tariffs, according to the latest market analysis by Xeneta.
Market sentiment, however, remains subdued as tariff talks in Washington continued. The lack of clarity continues to cast a ...
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Global air cargo spot rates declined for a second consecutive month in June, down -4% year-on-year as supply of capacity overtook demand for the first time in 19 months, says industry analyst Xeneta. There are concerns over a more challenging second half of 2025 on the back of uncertainty over ...
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The reported ceasefire between the US and Houthi militia in Yemen could cause a collapse in freight rates says analyst Xeneta but it added that the situation remains far from certain.
It said that the prospect of a large scale return of container ships to the Red Sea following the cessation ...
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Global air cargo volumes grew +4% year-on-year in April but with the removal of the de minimis threshold for shipments from China into the US on 2 May is expected to dramatically disrupt e-commerce volumes in the coming weeks.
And, with massive uncertainty hanging over the macroeconomic outlook, the question for ...
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