Frequently Asked Questions
Size of database, level of detail, publication frequency and speed, reliability
- Understand size and dynamics of air cargo market worldwide
- Strengthen cargo revenue management & pricing
- Evaluate current and potential new markets
- Track own performance vs. benchmark & market share
- Identify opportunities with freight forwarders
- Drive growth of special products
- Track capacity, load factor & fair share developments
- Benchmark the performance of General Sales Agents
- Automatically distribute data and reports
The database covers close to 90% of total air cargo volumes in the world (+100 airlines), and WorldACD publishes data for more than 150 individual countries
The insights from the largest air cargo database, from the most reliable sources help you to make better decisions, faster, and more efficiently.
Using our market insights, you can make better, faster, and more efficient decisions in areas like: cost management, pricing, risk management, building strategic partnerships, business intelligence and benchmarking, strategic planning
WorldACD applies a strict data quality process to ensure that insights are statistically relevant and confidential. This includes market level input criteria, minimum number of AWBs, and high security standards
WorldACD applies the following rules in the monthly Agent and Product market data:
All inputs from all subscribing airlines are included in the total market data provided.
Geography
• Regions and subregions are shown individually.
• Countries are shown individually if at least five subscribing airlines reported business for
the country.
• For the countries shown individually, cities are also shown individually if the total weight
reported as originating in the city was at least 50,000 kgs per year.
• Data for cities and countries not shown individually, are INCLUDED in the totals at the
higher level of aggregation.
RATES
• In order for benchmark revenues/rates to be shown on the basis of the actual inputs
received for a city pair in a specific month, there must be at least five subscribing airlines
reporting cargo for the city pair in the month concerned.
If there are less than five airlines, WorldACD applies a method that automatically
replaces, to the extent required, the reported rates with average rates of the next higher
O&D level with at least five subscribing airlines.
SPECIAL PRODUCTS
• For the countries shown individually, individual product data are shown if at least five
subscribing airlines reported business from the country for the product category
concerned.
Airlines
Forwarders
General Sales Agents (GSAs)
Shippers
Our customers typically reduce their air cargo spend by 2% to 7%, because they can focus their purchasing efforts on the lanes where they pay above market rates.
Our customers have access to the key market drivers to support their internal benchmarking (i.e. market shares), forecasting and increase their understanding of market dynamics.
Rationalise and optimise your air cargo supplier base, with WorldACD’s ranking of the top forwarders on every route.
Our customers improve their negotiation leverage by knowing the capacity utilisation percentage (load factor), which is a key driver for market rate levels and changes.
You can significantly reduce time renegotiating rates, by using WorldACD’s unique lane and product type specific indices in your air cargo contracts (whereby WorldACD’s index/rate changes determine contractual rate adjustments with forwarders).
Rationalise and optimise your air cargo shipping days/lanes, with WorldACD’s capacity dashboard showing the flown capacity per aircraft type per day on every route.
Use this data to assess pharma volumes, preferred temperature control modes and identify imbalances (large differences in volumes in either direction).
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