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June was a good month for most of the region's busiest cargo markets, except for Brazil and Chile, while Ecuador and Argentina They led.
Brazil recorded a drop in 5.8% In the volume transported. The decrease is mainly explained by the contraction in the USA-Brazil flow (-10%) and Brazil–USA (-6.9%). In imports by air from USA, The category with the greatest decrease was telecommunications and sound recording equipment (-20%), while, In exports to that market, the greatest reduction was observed in leather articles (-47%).
Chile showed a reduction in 9.8%, also attributed to the lower activity in Chile-USA flows (-18.3%) and USA–Chile (-13.6%). International volume from and Chile accumulates seven consecutive months of descents and, In the January-June period, Go back 12.3%.
Ecuador and Argentina lead the percentage growth
Among the higher growth markets stood out Ecuador (+21.8%) and Argentina (+18.3%). In the Ecuadorian case, The rebound was based on the increase in traffic with USA, that exceeded 9.300 tons (+32.4% interannual). Within this increase, the boost in rose exports stood out., that in June they exceeded the 4,000 tons, with an interannual variation greater than 22%.
International load transport to and from Colombia grew up 2.8% in June. The corridor Colombia-USA, the one with the highest cargo volume in the entire region (graphic 3) more than 25 one thousand tons per month (mostly perishables exported from Colombia) recorded a drop in 4.2%. However, the increase in volumes with Spain (+14%), Netherlands (+59%) and Ecuador (+63%) compensated the decline and allowed a positive net result.
Mexico, for his part, It was one of the few markets, With Ecuador and Peru, that managed to increase its cargo exchange with the United States. In June, USA-Mexico flows grew by 15% and the Mexico-USA a 20%, which led to an increase in 5.6% in the total tons transported to and from the country.
“In such a challenging global environment, The general growth of air cargo transportation in the region demonstrates its essential role and the potential that our countries still have. Nevertheless, the fall of 9% In flows with the United States, the region's main trading partner stresses the importance of anticipating trends, adjust capacities and maintain the flexibility necessary to respond to sudden changes in demand”, noted Peter Cerdá, CEO of ALTA.
Ability: B747F concentrates 40% of loading capacity; The B767 leads year -on -year growth
In June, The capacity operated on cargo aircraft to and from LAC remained practically stable, with little more than 880 million ton-kilometers (–0.9% year-on-year). The 40% operated on B747F, while the B767F recorded the largest year-on-year increase (+61%).
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