Global air freight markets achieved moderate growth of 2.2 per cent for the month of June, according to statistics from the Airports Council International (ACI). The recovery in world trade coupled with an improvement in domestic demand in advanced economies has helped bolster air freight markets over the last three quarters, the organisation said. Asia-Pacific experienced the strongest gains as compared to the previous year with a rise of 4.5 per cent. The Asian hubs of Hong Kong … [Read more...] about Global freight traffic grows 2.2% in June: ACI
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ICAO-led Task Force on conflict zone overflight
Expressing their strong condemnation of the use of weapons against civil aviation, the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO), the International Air Transport Association (IATA), Airports Council International (ACI) and the Civil Air Navigation Services Organisation (CANSO), have agreed to immediately establish a senior-level Task Force in response to the shoot-down of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17. At the meeting in Montreal earlier this week the civil aviation organisations said … [Read more...] about ICAO-led Task Force on conflict zone overflight
2009 annus horribilis for European airports
This year will be an "annus horribilis" for European airports after passenger traffic dropped 7.7 per cent year-on-year in December and freight plunged more than 21 per cent, the head of airports body ACI Europe said. "Talking to our members I get the feeling that January is going to be worse than December, and even November, which was down 8.2 percent," ACI Europe Director General Olivier Jankovec told Reuters. "We have members with even a double-digit decrease," Jankovec said, adding that … [Read more...] about 2009 annus horribilis for European airports
ACI reports Nov drop in global air traffic
ACI reports Nov drop in global air traffic Global freight growth dropped dramatically in November according to the latest statistics released by Airports Council International (ACI) from 165 key airports around the world. International freight plummeted by 15.6 per cent and domestic tonnage by 13.1 per cent on average. The year-to-date and the rolling 12-month year periods also registered negative growth compared to the same time period of the previous year leaving only the Middle East with … [Read more...] about ACI reports Nov drop in global air traffic
ACI reports dissmal Oct ’08 traffic
The downward spiral for passenger traffic has eased seomwhat according to ACI's latest statistics, with international traffic growth down by a milder 1.4 per cent relative to Oct '07, whereas global traffic remained depressed at -3.4 per cent due to poor domestic results worldwide down on average by 5 per cent. Growth in the first ten months of the year is flat at -0.6 per cent. Global freight growth results are worse off however, with total freight handled worldwide in Oct '08 down by 7 per … [Read more...] about ACI reports dissmal Oct ’08 traffic
ACI reports dissmal Oct '08 traffic
The downward spiral for passenger traffic has eased seomwhat according to ACI's latest statistics, with international traffic growth down by a milder 1.4 per cent relative to Oct '07, whereas global traffic remained depressed at -3.4 per cent due to poor domestic results worldwide down on average by 5 per cent. Growth in the first ten months of the year is flat at -0.6 per cent. Global freight growth results are worse off however, with total freight handled worldwide in Oct '08 down by 7 per … [Read more...] about ACI reports dissmal Oct '08 traffic
