Air cargo continued to grow in August

air cargo august growth iata statistics report

The charge toérea increaseó a 7,7% in August compared to the levels before the pandemic, but the capacity to meet demand lags behindás.

In a new IATA report we can know cómo la charge toéArea continues to be key in the reactivationón económica of the aerosolsílines and economiesíat a global level, but despite this, asked herá gaining capacity.

Within a planet that seeks to emerge from difficult months due to the pandemic, the load toérea se ha vuelto un actor aún más importante para el traslado efectivo y rápido de mercancías, pero esto ha traído nuevos desafíos: la demanda es más alta que la capacidad y esto ha generado que fabricantes como Boeing deban iniciar nuevas líNeas of convertsón de aviones de pasajeros a cargueros.

The load toérea creció in August

The data shown belowón are compared to August 2019:

  • global demand, measured in tons-kiloóload meter (CTK), increaseó a 7,7% in comparisonón with August of 2019 (8,6% for international operations). Overall growth remains strong compared toón with the long-term average growth trend of around 4,7%.
  • The pace of growth slowedó slightly in comparisonón with july, what to registeró an increase in demand for 8,8% (vs. pre-COVID-19 levels).
  • The recoveryón of cargo capacity stopped in August, a 12,2% less than in August 2019 (13,2% for international operations). And téintermonthly terms, capacity felló a 1,6%, the greatest caísince January 2021.

La carga en Latinoamérica

Among the positive global indicators, our regionón continues to show the más débiles núgroupers in the progress of the recoveryón, this given by the situation itselfón econóregional policy and flight restrictions implemented by governments:

  • Reportó a decreaseón of the 14% in the volsúinternational cargo menus in August comparedón with the período 2019, what is marked as performanceño más débil from all regions. Capacity remains highly restricted in the regionón, with a reductionón of the international capacity of the 27,1% in August, the greatest caífrom any regionón of the world.

While Latinérich keeps the caíand, the rest of the regions have maintained númere positives during August 2021.

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