{"id":14434,"date":"2026-01-20T20:30:26","date_gmt":"2026-01-20T20:30:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/axxessintl.com\/?p=14434"},"modified":"2026-01-20T20:30:26","modified_gmt":"2026-01-20T20:30:26","slug":"global-air-cargo-demand-retains-momentum-rising-5-5-in-november","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/axxessintl.com\/en\/global-air-cargo-demand-retains-momentum-rising-5-5-in-november\/","title":{"rendered":"Global air cargo demand retains momentum, rising 5.5% in November"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>According to data for October released by the International Air Transport Association (IATA) global air freight demand, measured in cargo tonne-kilometers (CTK), rose by 5.5% compared to November 2024 levels (+6.9% for international operations).<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Capacity, measured in available cargo tonne-kilometers (ACTK), increased by 4.7% compared to November 2024 (+6.5% for international operations).<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Air cargo demand grew 5.5% year-on-year in November 2025, boosted by shippers prioritizing timely delivery in the lead-up to the year-end holiday season. Strong emerging market demand and selective Middle Eastern growth more than made-up for softness in the Americas amid ongoing adjustment to the new US tariff regime. Globally, the fourth quarter for air cargo was resilient as strategic re-routing of trade shaped performance across key markets. The strong end for 2025 bodes well for the air cargo industry as it enters the new year,&#8221; said Willie Walsh, IATA&#8217;s Director General.<\/p>\n<p>North American carriers saw a 1.6% year-on-year decrease in growth for air cargo in November. Capacity decreased by 2.3% year-on-year.<\/p>\n<p>Asia-Pacific airlines saw a 10.3% year-on-year growth in air cargo demand in November. Capacity increased by 8.4% year-on-year.<\/p>\n<p>European carriers saw a 5.8% year-on-year increase in demand for air cargo in November. Capacity increased 4.1% year-on-year.<\/p>\n<p>Middle Eastern carriers saw a 7.4% year-on-year increase in demand for air cargo in November. Capacity increased by 11.0% year-on-year.<\/p>\n<p>Latin American and Caribbean carriers saw a 4.8% year-on-year decrease in demand for air cargo in November, the weakest performance of all regions. Capacity decreased by 3.0% year-on-year.<\/p>\n<p>African airlines saw a 15.6% year-on-year increase in demand for air cargo in November, the strongest rise of all regions. Capacity increased by 18.1% year-on-year.<\/p>\n<p>Source: IATA<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>According to data for October released by the International Air Transport Association (IATA) global air freight demand, measured in cargo tonne-kilometers (CTK), rose by 5.5% compared to November 2024 levels (+6.9% for international operations).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":12580,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[63],"tags":[783,125],"types-de-nouvelles":[],"class_list":["post-14434","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-canadian-custom-brokerage","tag-iata-en","tag-international-air-transport-association"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/axxessintl.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14434","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/axxessintl.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/axxessintl.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/axxessintl.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/15"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/axxessintl.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14434"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/axxessintl.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14434\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14435,"href":"https:\/\/axxessintl.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14434\/revisions\/14435"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/axxessintl.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12580"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/axxessintl.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14434"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/axxessintl.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14434"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/axxessintl.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14434"},{"taxonomy":"types-de-nouvelles","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/axxessintl.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types-de-nouvelles?post=14434"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}