The current state of air cargo capacity

As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, the world stopped traveling. Closed borders and strict travel requirements meant that actual flight movements were severely impacted, which caused a knock-on effect on air cargo logistics and global trade. But whilst the world returns to the skies once again, air cargo industry players are adapting to a very different landscape.

With our comprehensive, reliable and up-to-date demand and supply databases, our travel industry practice is able to provide insights and data on global air cargo capacity, express and ocean freight demand and capacity on a regular basis.

Note: May 15-28, 2023 compared to May 13-26, 2019; Direct international flights only; all flows indicate region-to-region capacity; regions indicated by color; dates in UTC; 1) Total air cargo capacity includes widebody passenger and all freighter flights;

Source: Accenture Cargo Capacity Tracking database, Accenture analysis (May 2023)

Widebody passenger aircraft remain largest provider of capacity

Note: Direct international capacity only; All freighters and widebody passenger aircraft only; 1) Comparing the weeks of May 15-26, 2023 to the same weeks in 2019; 2) Comparing the last two weeks available versus the previous two weeks;

Source: Accenture Cargo Capacity Tracking database, Accenture analysis (May 2023)