News / Demand for air freight 'perking up', but this puts pressure on capacity

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“The normality of the market is not that normal,” says Transport Intelligence (Ti) in its Q2 Air Freight Rate Tracker, as economic growth and changing global trade structures introduce uncertain and volatile factors to the air cargo market.  

And Ti’s Global Volumes Index reveals global airfreight volumes in Q1 fell 6.4% from the previous quarter.

But despite a month-on-month decline in the first two months of the quarter — 9.2% in January and 6.2% in February — a strong recovery ...