Global Air Freight Unit Load Device (ULD) Market Growth 2025-2031

The global Air Freight Unit Load Device (ULD) market size is predicted to grow from US$ 422 million in 2025 to US$ 561 million in 2031; it is expected to grow at a CAGR of 4.9% from 2025 to 2031.

Air Freight Unit Load Device (ULD) is a pallet or container used to load luggage, freight, and mail on wide-body aircraft and specific narrow-body aircraft. It allows a large quantity of cargo to be bundled into a single unit. Since this leads to fewer units to load, it saves ground crews time and effort and helps prevent delayed flights. Each ULD has its own packing list (or manifest) so that its contents can be tracked.

The largest share is taken by TransDigm (Nordisk & AAR Cargo) , Satco, Inc. and Safran (Zodiac Aerospace), which together account for a share close to 37 % of Air Freight Unit Load Devices market globally. In terms of regions, the Asia-Pacific area represents the largest piece of global ULD market with 39% of the world total, followed by Europe at 33% and North America at 23%. In the forecast, more new investment will be attracted into this field.

LP Information, Inc. (LPI) ' newest research report, the “Air Freight Unit Load Device (ULD) Industry Forecast” looks at past sales and reviews total world Air Freight Unit Load Device (ULD) sales in 2024, providing a comprehensive analysis by region and market sector of projected Air Freight Unit Load Device (ULD) sales for 2025 through 2031. With Air Freight Unit Load Device (ULD) sales broken down by region, market sector and sub-sector, this report provides a detailed analysis in US$ millions of the world Air Freight Unit Load Device (ULD) industry.

This Insight Report provides a comprehensive analysis of the global Air Freight Unit Load Device (ULD) landscape and highlights key trends related to product segmentation, company formation, revenue, and market share, latest development, and M&A activity. This report also analyzes the strategies of leading global companies with a focus on Air Freight Unit Load Device (ULD) portfolios and capabilities, market entry strategies, market positions, and geographic footprints, to better understand these firms’ unique position in an accelerating global Air Freight Unit Load Device (ULD) market.

This Insight Report evaluates the key market trends, drivers, and affecting factors shaping the global outlook for Air Freight Unit Load Device (ULD) and breaks down the forecast by Type, by Application, geography, and market size to highlight emerging pockets of opportunity. With a transparent methodology based on hundreds of bottom-up qualitative and quantitative market inputs, this study forecast offers a highly nuanced view of the current state and future trajectory in the global Air Freight Unit Load Device (ULD).

This report presents a comprehensive overview, market shares, and growth opportunities of Air Freight Unit Load Device (ULD) market by product type, application, key manufacturers and key regions and countries.

Segmentation by Type:
Pallets
Containers

Segmentation by Application:
Cargo Air Transport
Civil Air Transport
Other

This report also splits the market by region:
Americas
United States
Canada
Mexico
Brazil
APAC
China
Japan
Korea
Southeast Asia
India
Australia
Europe
Germany
France
UK
Italy
Russia
Middle East & Africa
Egypt
South Africa
Israel
Turkey
GCC Countries

The below companies that are profiled have been selected based on inputs gathered from primary experts and analysing the company's coverage, product portfolio, its market penetration.
TransDigm (Nordisk & AAR Cargo)
Satco, Inc.
Safran (Zodiac Aerospace)
PalNet GmbH
VRR Aviation
ACL Airshop
DoKaSch GmbH
Unilode
Taiwan Fylin Industrial
Wuxi Aviation
Shanghai Avifit
Jettainer

Key Questions Addressed in this Report

What is the 10-year outlook for the global Air Freight Unit Load Device (ULD) market?

What factors are driving Air Freight Unit Load Device (ULD) market growth, globally and by region?

Which technologies are poised for the fastest growth by market and region?

How do Air Freight Unit Load Device (ULD) market opportunities vary by end market size?

How does Air Freight Unit Load Device (ULD) break out by Type, by Application?

Please note: The report will take approximately 2 business days to prepare and deliver.


*This is a tentative TOC and the final deliverable is subject to change.*
1 Scope of the Report
2 Executive Summary
3 Global by Company
4 World Historic Review for Air Freight Unit Load Device (ULD) by Geographic Region
5 Americas
6 APAC
7 Europe
8 Middle East & Africa
9 Market Drivers, Challenges and Trends
10 Manufacturing Cost Structure Analysis
11 Marketing, Distributors and Customer
12 World Forecast Review for Air Freight Unit Load Device (ULD) by Geographic Region
13 Key Players Analysis
14 Research Findings and Conclusion

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