INTERNATIONAL air cargo markets continue to remain resilient for asia Pacific carriers in August, propelled by the expansion in e-commerce and congestion in major exporting ocean container ports, reports London's Air Cargo News.
Traffic figures from the Association of Asia Pacific Airlines (PA) indicate that seaport constraints contributed to August's 26 per cent year-on-year growth in freight tonne-kilometres (FTK) to 5,980m for international air cargo.
The average international freight load factor of 76 per cent for the month was close to the historical high achieved in July.
For August, the 1.4 million international passengers carried by the region's airlines was four per cent of the 34 million registered in August 2019.
'International travel markets in Asia have been in stasis, whilst gradual recovery has resumed in other regions. Meanwhile, air freight demand continues to drive the region's airline operations,' said PA director general Subhas Menon.
'Whilst the spread of the highly contagious Delta variant indicates there is no immediate end in sight to the global pandemic, the acceleration in domestic vaccination roll-outs in a number of Asian economies is a positive step towards the resumption of air travel, as seen in the progressive relaxation of border controls in some countries,' said Mr Menon.
'Indeed, some governments in the region have begun to pave the way with the recent reopening of selected destinations to domestic and international arrivals.' said Mr Menon.
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Traffic figures from the Association of Asia Pacific Airlines (PA) indicate that seaport constraints contributed to August's 26 per cent year-on-year growth in freight tonne-kilometres (FTK) to 5,980m for international air cargo.
The average international freight load factor of 76 per cent for the month was close to the historical high achieved in July.
For August, the 1.4 million international passengers carried by the region's airlines was four per cent of the 34 million registered in August 2019.
'International travel markets in Asia have been in stasis, whilst gradual recovery has resumed in other regions. Meanwhile, air freight demand continues to drive the region's airline operations,' said PA director general Subhas Menon.
'Whilst the spread of the highly contagious Delta variant indicates there is no immediate end in sight to the global pandemic, the acceleration in domestic vaccination roll-outs in a number of Asian economies is a positive step towards the resumption of air travel, as seen in the progressive relaxation of border controls in some countries,' said Mr Menon.
'Indeed, some governments in the region have begun to pave the way with the recent reopening of selected destinations to domestic and international arrivals.' said Mr Menon.
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