News / Ecommerce drives China’s 2024 air cargo volumes to record high

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The swiftly growing ecommerce market has led to China’s air cargo volumes reaching an all-time high of 20.06m tonnes in 2024 – up nearly 20% on the 16.8m tonnes carried in 2023.

The capacity increase out of China was 25%, as key airports enjoyed double-digit growth; indeed, according to the Civil Aviation Resource Net of China, Shanghai Pudong was the busiest for air cargo and mail, handling 3.77m tonnes last year, up 10%.

Shanghai Pudong added 10 destinations and restored eight routes, ...