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: Apr 24-May 7, 2023 compared to Apr 22-May 5, 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) 

With synchronous airline and integrator freighter capacity growth

Monthly Transpacific freighter capacity by integrators and airlines, Jan 2019 – April 2023

Thousand tonnes (both directions combined)

Note: International air cargo capacity only

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