Air Cargo Europe in Munich was a fantastic event last week! At our stand, WorldACD showed a short video illustrating how the air cargo market from Germany to various countries around the world has performed this year. To wrap up…

With early May data now available in WorldACD’s database, we can see how different air cargo markets are performing, and identify the latest trends. The visualization below highlights performance across the top 15 global sub-regions, which together account for 95%…

At yesterday’s Nordic Air Cargo Symposium in Copenhagen, WorldACD’s Steven Ankersmit gave an update on key air cargo market trends for the Nordic region. His presentation included insights on growth markets for the Nordics, rate & capacity developments, a market…

Today China and the United States have announced an agreement to roll back tariffs. If we look at the development of the last few weeks, this will have a significant impact on air cargo. The chart below shows recent weekly…

The beginning of the year always has special air cargo market dynamics. The chart below shows the ranking of the top 10 airports in terms of freighter capacity in the first 6 weeks of 2025: HKG remains the unwavering number…

The chart below highlights the performance of different airline groups by home region in 2024 and 2023. In 2024, airlines benefited from the strong increase in air cargo weight, with all airline groups experiencing double-digit growth. This is in contrast…

Before jumping into 2025, we look back at how the air cargo industry performed in 2024. A picture says more than a thousand words: in the charts below we show YoY changes in 2024 (vs. 2023) for different metrics. Chargeable…

GSAs have steadily gained market share in the last few years In a post last week, we showed the position of GSAs in different markets in the world, and how this changed from 2023 to 2024: https://lnkd.in/eu-nBn3V From the reactions…

The role of General Sales Agents (GSAs) in air cargo markets varies significantly across the globe. GSAs tend to play a larger role in countries where airlines face higher costs for maintaining their own staff. In emerging markets, or where…

This week we provide some insights on the remarkable air cargo dynamics in Bangladesh. The local air cargo market has been deeply affected by the challenges in the Red Sea and the political unrest in Bangladesh. Its most important export…