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: International air trade and international (direct) leg capacity only; Capacity for all freighter and widebody passenger aircraft only;

Source: Global Air Trade and Capacity Tracking databases, Accenture Cargo analysis (March 2023)

Note: 1) Capacity compared over weeks 13 to 39 of respective years;

Source: Capacity tracking database, Scheduled capacity database; Accenture Cargo analysis (March 2023)