After a series of six successive weekly gains starting in February and running through March, it was a quieter spell for global air freight markets
It was a strong month for global air freight markets in March. The overall Baltic Air Freight Index (BAI00), calculated by TAC Data, notched up
February was a strange month in air cargo markets, with a range of conflicting factors driving market rates wildly up and down at different points
There’s been fevered speculation that trouble in the Red Sea could spark a surge in air freight rates, and there was indeed a rise in late January – though nothing huge yet
After rising steadily through September, October and November, air freight rates remained buoyant through the first half of December – before falling sharply over the
November was an eventful month in air freight markets, with the overall Baltic Air Freight Index (BAI00) rising +17.2% in the four weeks to 4
The outlook for inflation and interest rates continues to generate lots of debate in markets right now. Central banks, led by the US Federal Reserve,
After a long and at times dizzying fall from the giddy peaks of the Covid era, it seems that air freight rates may have finally bottomed out – and are now rising into not just a genuine peak season bounce, but perhaps beyond that
E-commerce activity is still strong, though markets worry about a slowdown in China as well as in the West
After a long, steep fall in rates and now a summer lull, hopes are rising for some sort of modest peak season in air freight – one that won’t be either too hot or too cold for markets, but just right
