Global Air Freight industry profile provides top-line qualitative and quantitative summary information including: sector size (value and volume 2019-23, and forecast to 2028). The profile also contains descriptions of the leading players including key financial metrics and analysis of competitive pressures within the sector.
Key Highlights
Air freight is a mode of transportation that involves the movement of goods and cargo through the airways.
The market is segmented into domestic and international. Domestic air freight refers to the transportation of goods and cargo via airplanes within the same country. International air freight covers the transportation of goods and cargo via airplanes across borders to different countries.
The market volume is measured in freight ton-kilometers (FTK). Freight ton-kilometers is a unit of measurement used to calculate the total weight of freight transported over a distance. The market volume covers freight, express, and diplomatic bags, including both domestic and international freight which are counted at each flight stage.
The market value is calculated by multiplying the market volume with the average cost per freight ton-kilometers (FTK).
All market data and forecasts are adjusted for inflation and all currency conversions used in the creation of this report have been calculated using yearly annual average exchange rates.
The global air freight sector recorded revenues of $99,038.7 million in 2023, representing a negative compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 3.3% between 2018 and 2023.
Sector consumption volumes declined with a negative CAGR of 1.3% between 2018 and 2023, to reach a total of 193,923.4 million FTK in 2023.
The growth in the global air freight sector is influenced by several macroeconomic factors, such as rising GDP and growing business confidence. For instance, according to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), the business confidence index in China reached 99.4 in February 2023, up from 97.01 in November 2022.
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1 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
1.1. Market value
1.2. Market value forecast
1.3. Market volume
1.4. Market volume forecast
1.5. Category segmentation
1.6. Geography segmentation
1.7. Competitive landscape
2 Introduction
2.1. What is this report about?
2.2. Who is the target reader?
2.3. How to use this report
2.4. Definitions
3 Global Air Freight
3.1. Market Overview
3.2. Market Data
3.3. Market Segmentation
3.4. Market outlook
3.5. Five forces analysis
4 Macroeconomic Indicators
4.1. Country data
5 Air Freight in Asia-Pacific
5.1. Market Overview
5.2. Market Data
5.3. Market Segmentation
5.4. Market outlook
5.5. Five forces analysis
6 Air Freight in Europe
6.1. Market Overview
6.2. Market Data
6.3. Market Segmentation
6.4. Market outlook
6.5. Five forces analysis
7 Macroeconomic Indicators
7.1. Country data
8 Air Freight in France
8.1. Market Overview
8.2. Market Data
8.3. Market Segmentation
8.4. Market outlook
8.5. Five forces analysis
9 Macroeconomic Indicators
9.1. Country data
10 Air Freight in Germany
10.1. Market Overview
10.2. Market Data
10.3. Market Segmentation
10.4. Market outlook
10.5. Five forces analysis
11 Macroeconomic Indicators
11.1. Country data
12 Air Freight in Italy
12.1. Market Overview
12.2. Market Data
12.3. Market Segmentation
12.4. Market outlook
12.5. Five forces analysis
13 Macroeconomic Indicators
13.1. Country data
14 Air Freight in Japan
14.1. Market Overview
14.2. Market Data
14.3. Market Segmentation
14.4. Market outlook
14.5. Five forces analysis
15 Macroeconomic Indicators
15.1. Country data
16 Air Freight in Australia
16.1. Market Overview
16.2. Market Data
16.3. Market Segmentation
16.4. Market outlook
16.5. Five forces analysis
17 Macroeconomic Indicators
17.1. Country data
18 Air Freight in Canada
18.1. Market Overview
18.2. Market Data
18.3. Market Segmentation
18.4. Market outlook
18.5. Five forces analysis
19 Macroeconomic Indicators
19.1. Country data
20 Air Freight in China
20.1. Market Overview
20.2. Market Data
20.3. Market Segmentation
20.4. Market outlook
20.5. Five forces analysis
21 Macroeconomic Indicators
21.1. Country data
22 Air Freight in The Netherlands
22.1. Market Overview
22.2. Market Data
22.3. Market Segmentation
22.4. Market outlook
22.5. Five forces analysis
23 Macroeconomic Indicators
23.1. Country data
24 Air Freight in Spain
24.1. Market Overview
24.2. Market Data
24.3. Market Segmentation
24.4. Market outlook
24.5. Five forces analysis
25 Macroeconomic Indicators
25.1. Country data
26 Air Freight in The United Kingdom
26.1. Market Overview
26.2. Market Data
26.3. Market Segmentation
26.4. Market outlook
26.5. Five forces analysis
27 Macroeconomic Indicators
27.1. Country data
28 Air Freight in The United States
28.1. Market Overview
28.2. Market Data
28.3. Market Segmentation
28.4. Market outlook
28.5. Five forces analysis
29 Macroeconomic Indicators
29.1. Country data
30 Company Profiles
30.1. FedEx Corp
30.2. All Nippon Airways Co Ltd
30.3. China Southern Airlines Co Ltd
30.4. Asiana Airlines Inc
30.5. International Consolidated Airlines Group SA
30.6. Hellmann Worldwide Logistics GmbH & Co. KG
30.7. Deutsche Lufthansa AG
30.8. Qantas Airways Limited
30.9. GOL Linhas Aereas Inteligentes SA
30.10. Cargojet Inc
30.11. Blue Dart Express Ltd
30.12. Allcargo Logistics Limited
30.13. PT Garuda Indonesia (Persero) Tbk
30.14. Kintetsu Group Holdings Co., Ltd.
30.15. ABC Aerolineas SA de CV
30.16. Aeroflot OAO
30.17. Danish Air Transport A/S
30.18. Kuehne + Nagel Inc
30.19. SAS Group
30.20. Singapore Airlines Ltd
30.21. South African Airways SOC Ltd
30.22. Air Incheon Co Ltd
30.23. Korean Air Lines Co Ltd
30.24. Turk Hava Yollari Anonim Ortakligi
30.25. MNG Group of Companies
30.26. Air Canada
30.27. Nippon Yusen Kabushiki Kaisha
30.28. Ural Airlines JSC
30.29. Volga-Dnepr Group
30.30. South African Express Airways (Pty) Ltd (Inactive)
30.31. Solenta Aviation Holdings, Ltd.
30.32. Azul SA
30.33. Air India Ltd
30.34. Qatar Airways Group QCSC
30.35. Grupo Aeromexico SAB de CV
30.36. LATAM Airlines Group SA
30.37. Deutsche Bahn AG
30.38. Alitalia - Societa Aerea Italiana SpA (Inactive)
30.39. Cargolux Airlines International S.A.
30.40. Nippon Express Co Ltd
30.41. DHL Group
30.42. American Airlines Inc
30.43. Air China Ltd
30.44. China Eastern Airlines Corp Ltd
30.45. Hainan Airlines Co Ltd
30.46. Air France-KLM SA
30.47. Cathay Pacific Airways Ltd
30.48. The Emirates Group
30.49. British Airways Plc
30.50. Expeditors International of Washington, Inc.
30.51. United Airlines Holdings Inc
30.52. United Parcel Service, Inc.
31 Appendix
31.1. Methodology
31.2. About MarketLine
List of Tables
Table 1: Global air freight sector value: $ million, 2018-23
Table 2: Global air freight sector volume: million FTK, 2018–23
Table 3: Global air freight sector category segmentation: % share, by volume, 2018–2023
Table 4: Global air freight sector category segmentation: million FTK, 2018-2023
Table 5: Global air freight sector geography segmentation: $ million, 2023
Table 6: Global air freight sector value forecast: $ million, 2023–28
Table 7: Global air freight sector volume forecast: million FTK, 2023–28
Table 8: Global size of population (million), 2019–23
Table 9: Global gdp (constant 2005 prices, $ billion), 2019–23
Table 10: Global gdp (current prices, $ billion), 2019–23
Table 11: Global inflation, 2019–23
Table 12: Global consumer price index (absolute), 2019–23
Table 13: Global exchange rate, 2019–23
Table 14: Asia-Pacific air freight sector value: $ million, 2018-23
Table 15: Asia–Pacific air freight sector volume: million FTK, 2018–23
Table 16: Asia–Pacific air freight sector category segmentation: % share, by volume, 2018–2023
Table 17: Asia-Pacific air freight sector category segmentation: million FTK, 2018-2023