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Spotlight / 2023

• January 10. Global demand for air cargo tailing off: IATA
• January 10. Air travel recovery continues
  
• Published January 9. November Passenger Analysis
• Published January 9. November Freight Analysis

Spotlight / 2022

• December 9. A return to industry profitability in 2023
• December 6. IATA forecasts global airline industry will return to profit in 2023
• December 1. Africa's air cargo market contracts over 8%
• December 1. October Passenger Demand & Forward Bookings Signal Continuing Recovery
• Published December 1. October Passenger Analysis
  
• Published December 1. October Freight Analysis
  
• November 7. IATA reports air cargo demand in September was down, year-on-year
• November 7. Air passenger traffic continued a strong recovery in September
  
• Published November 7. September Air Passenger Analysis
• Published November 7. September Air Freight Analysis
• October 20. Aviation safety to benefit from Risk-Based IOSA
• October 14. IATA Regional Vice-President AME addresses AASA's AGA on resilience and growth in these uncertain times
• October 6. IATA reports continued recovery in air passenger traffic during August
• October 6. African airlines cargo volumes up 1% in August
  
• Published October 6. August Air Passenger Analysis
  
• Published October 6. August Air Freight Analysis
  
• September 7. July Passenger Demand Remains Strong
• September 7. Air Cargo Tracks Near Pre-COVID Levels

News / 2022

September 2022 IATA Air Freight Market Analysis

Published November 7. IATA Economic Reports.

Cargo volumes decline

Highlights

• September industry-wide cargo tonne-kilometers (CTKs) were 10.6% lower than a year ago, and the seasonally adjusted CTKs also contracted by 1.5% compared with the previous month.
• The increase in available cargo tonne-kilometers (ACTKs) further slowed in September to just 2.4% year-on-year (YoY), driven by the softening air cargo demand. This in turn contributed to a 1.4 percentage point increase in the average industry load factor compared with August.
• International CTKs experienced the same YoY contraction as the industry total CTKs in September, declining by 10.6%. This was mainly driven by the negative YoY growth in the Middle East, Europe, and Asia Pacific. Latin America continued to be the strongest performer in September, with international CTKs increasing by 13.2% YoY.
• International export demand remains weak. New export orders continue to shrink on a global level in September, when Germany saw the largest contraction since the onset of the pandemic.

Positive growth in Africa continues

African airlines saw cargo volumes increase by 0.1% in September 2022 compated to September 2021. Africa experienced a slight decrease in the growth recorded the previous month (1%). Capacity was 4.1% below September 2021 levels.

CTK activity softened further in September

Industry-wide cargo tonne-kilometers (CTKs) in September were 20.33 billion, just a minor decline compared with the previous month at 20.36 billion. Although this is a 10.6% decrease YoY, air cargo activity continued to track at near pre-pandemic levels (-3.6% compared with the same month in 2019). Seasonally adjusted (SA) air cargo demand also contracted by 1.5% compared with August. Download the full report.