In 2014 airlines operated some 100,000 flights per day and transported 51.3 million tonnes of cargo, equivalent to around 35 per cent of the total value of all goods traded internationally, according to figures released on 16 September by the International Air Transport Association (IATA) in its 59th annual World Air Transport Statistics (WATS) report. Globally, cargo markets in 2014 saw a 5.8 per cent expansion in freight tonne kilometres (FTKs), outstripping a capacity increase of 5.0 per … [Read more...] about Qatar breaches cargo Top 10, SIA and China Eastern slip
World Air Transport Statistics
IATA members carried 48m tonnes of cargo in 2013
Globally, the 240 International Air Transport Association (IATA) member airlines - representing 84 per cent of global air traffic - carried nearly 48 million tonnes of cargo in 2013 of the cargo with freight tonne kilometres up only 1.8 per cent compared to 2012, but never-the-less an important reversal of the 1.1 per cent contraction that 2012 saw over 2011. The top five airlines ranked by total scheduled freight tonnes carried were: Federal Express (7.1 million), UPS Airlines (4.1 … [Read more...] about IATA members carried 48m tonnes of cargo in 2013