News / Happy last year in air freight (for some) – and good luck with the next

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“Airfreight hasn’t been a bonanza for everybody in 2024,” said Niall van de Wouw, chief airfreight officer of Xeneta yesterday. 

But it certainly has for some. 

Xeneta’s 2025 outlook webinar showed that air cargo has seen 13 consecutive months of double-digit year-on-year volume growth.

“That’s just quite extraordinary,” said Wenwen Zhang, Xeneta’s airfreight analyst. 

Glyn Hughes, head of TIACA, added: “Let’s recall that 2023 wasn’t the most successful year ? right up until the Red Sea crisis. We can almost pinpoint the day ...