Air cargo volumes out of Central and South America (CSA) have taken off in the last few weeks of April ahead of Mothers’ Day celebrations in North America.

Analysis from WorldACD shows that air cargo volumes from CSA increased by 17% week on week in week 17, following on from a rise of 14% in week 16.

The data firm’s figures show that the largest increase was in demand to the US and Canada, with volumes up 48% on a two-week basis.

“Although around 90 countries or territories around the world celebrate Mother’s Day on the second Sunday in May, North America is by far the most important destination market for flowers shipped by air from CSA,” WorldACD said.

“The spike in CSA to North America tonnages was also accompanied by a 12% rise in rates (two weeks on two weeks) – the only significant rates rise among any of the main intercontinental lanes measured by WorldACD’s data. And that drove up total air export rates from CSA by 6%.”

The surge in demand from CSA helped push overall air cargo volumes for week 17 up by 5% compared with the previous week, after gaining 4% in week 16.

The increases “more or less” wiped out the “week-on-week (WoW) declines of -2%, -4% and -6% in the previous three weeks caused by a combination of the effects of various holiday periods such as Easter and Eid”.

 

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