Continued market uncertainties and (extended) public holidays contributed to a -4% drop in global air cargo demand in May 2021 versus the pre-Covid level in 2019, according to the latest industry volume, load factor and rates analysis by CLIVE Data Services and TAC Index. To offer a meaningful perspective of the air cargo industry’s performance, CLIVE Data Services is continuing to focus on comparing the current state of the market to pre-Covid 2019 volume, cargo capacity and load factor data … [Read more...] about May cargo volume dip raises question on market recovery
Niall van de Wouw
Air cargo volume back to pre-Covid levels after 10 months
Air cargo volumes have recovered to pre-Covid volume levels in February, perhaps an unprecedented feat in just 10 months, according to latest data from industry analysts CLIVE Data Services and TAC Index. For the four weeks of February, chargeable weight was down 1 percent compared to February 2019 and up 2 percent compared to the same month last year. This was a far cry from the April 2020 volume which was down 39 percent. “Who would have thought that possible inside 10 months? It’s a … [Read more...] about Air cargo volume back to pre-Covid levels after 10 months
Air cargo demand stalls in November
The peak was not the peak season that was hoped for in November as air cargo demand fell 1 percentage point year-over-year. Air cargo saw the first decline since the road to recovery started six months ago, according to the latest industry statistics from analysts CLIVE Data Services and TAC Index. From a low of -37 percent in April, the gap in year-on-year air cargo volumes has been steadily closing in the subsequent months to the end of October, when margin versus 2019 volumes had reduced … [Read more...] about Air cargo demand stalls in November
‘Dynamic load factors’ more realistic for air cargo, TIACA says
TIACA is calling for the use of the dynamic load factor methodology as the industry standard for measuring the utilisation of air cargo capacity. Introduced in 2019 by CLIVE Data Services, this methodology measures how full an aircraft is by considering both freight volume and weight. CLIVE and TIACA agree traditional weight-based load factors are “misleading” and paint an unnecessarily negative image of the airfreight industry. Also read: Global air cargo market continues uptrend in … [Read more...] about ‘Dynamic load factors’ more realistic for air cargo, TIACA says
Managing director of CLIVE Data to judge 7th Payload Asia Awards
For those of you who don’t know, Niall van de Wouw is the Managing Director and Co-founder of CLIVE Data Services, the business analysis software company that introduced the “dynamic load factor” concept. The company publishes monthly charts and data for air cargo professionals Also read: TIACA joins forces with CLIVE Data Services He has close to 30 years of experience in the air cargo industry, which started off with building pallets during his university days. Previously, he worked at … [Read more...] about Managing director of CLIVE Data to judge 7th Payload Asia Awards
Global air cargo’s steady rally continues in August
Global air cargo was in its fourth straight month of growth in August as load factors jumped eight percentage points year on year, data from CLIVE Data Services and TAC Index showed. The whole month’s volume was down 17 percent from a year ago which was a far cry from the 41 percent decline seen in April, when demand started to rally. Air cargo volumes in the last week of August were four percent less than what were seen for the same period in 2019, putting off previous concerns of … [Read more...] about Global air cargo’s steady rally continues in August
