Air Cargo Market Report: China rate rebound takes a breather

A large shipment tied down on a pallet that is sitting by the engine of a large aircraft, with a bright blue sky in the background. Air cargo prices are 60% higher this year.

Airfreight rates to the U.S. plateaued in mid-August after rising for more than a month, influenced by a drop in demand from South China and passenger airlines temporarily adding more capacity. Still, finding affordable air transport in Southeast Asia, writ large, is difficult.

The dip freight activity isn’t expected to last long as retailers gin up shipments for the peak season buildup to the holidays. 

Shippers paid $0.02 cents less per kilo for air transport from China to the U.S., with a...

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Fire extinguished on Ethiopian Airlines freighter at Shanghai airport

Ethiopian Airlines freighter

An Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 777-200 freighter caught fire while loading cargo Wednesday at China’s Shanghai Pudong airport.

The plane was operating on a regularly scheduled cargo service from Shanghai to Sao Paulo-Santiago via Ethiopia’s Addis Ababa airport, according to a message on the airline’s website. News reports say the freighter arrived at Shanghai from Brussels International Airport.

The fire appeared to start on the main cargo deck, burning through the fuselage, based on videos posted...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/fire-extinguished-on-ethiopian-airlines-freighter-at-shanghai-airport

LATAM lands Brazil’s last COVID-19 emergency air bridge flight

LATAM Airlines cargo airlift

LATAM Airlines Group (NYSE: LTM) said this week it has landed its last flight of a three-month “air bridge” between China and Brazil to transport much needed protective face masks to fight the coronavirus pandemic in the South American country.

The Chilean carrier flew 39 flights from China transporting 240 million N95 surgical masks under contract with Brazil’s Ministry of Infrastructure. The project marked the first time LATAM Group aircraft have operated in China.

The airline started the air...

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