Weekly Air Operations Update: Shanghai to Europe, US and Australia 10/11/23

Shanghai to London

• Space is very tight due to a big launch of eCommerce cargo and the cargo for Black Friday, Double 11 shopping festival and Christmas shipping season
• Airport operations are currently normal
• Hauliers are working as normal
• No flight cancellations
• No weather disruptions
• It is likely rates will continue to increase until mid-December

Shanghai to New York

• Space is very tight due to a big launch of eCommerce cargo and the cargo for Black Friday, Double 11 shopping festival and Christmas shipping season
• Airport operations are currently normal
• Hauliers are working as normal
• No flight cancellations
• No weather disruptions
• It is likely rates will continue to increase until mid-December

Shanghai to Los Angeles

• Space is very tight due to a big launch of eCommerce cargo and the cargo for Black Friday, Double 11 shopping festival and Christmas shipping season
• Airport operations are currently normal
• Hauliers are working as normal
• No flight cancellations
• No weather disruptions
• It is likely rates will continue to increase until mid-December

Shanghai to Frankfurt

• Space is very tight due to a big launch of eCommerce cargo and the cargo for Black Friday, Double 11 shopping festival and Christmas shipping season
• Airport operations are currently normal
• Hauliers are working as normal
• No flight cancellations
• No weather disruptions
• It is likely rates will continue to increase until mid-December

Shanghai to Melbourne

• Space is very tight due to a big launch of eCommerce cargo and the cargo for Black Friday, Double 11 shopping festival and Christmas shipping season
• Airport operations are currently normal
• Hauliers are working as normal
• No flight cancellations
• No weather disruptions
• It is likely rates will continue to increase until mid-December

Shanghai to Sydney

• Space is very tight due to a big launch of eCommerce cargo and the cargo for Black Friday, Double 11 shopping festival and Christmas shipping season
• Airport operations are currently normal
• Hauliers are working as normal
• No flight cancellations
• No weather disruptions
• It is likely rates will continue to increase until mid-December

Market intel

China's air cargo industry highlights resilience, dynamics

CHINA's air cargo industry has been making constant progress and unleashing potential for industry players at home and abroad, reports Xinhua.

Airlines, airports, and other players in the industry are making intensive moves by expanding freighter fleets, launching new routes, adding infrastructure, enhancing operation efficiency, and more.

Shenzhen's SF Airlines, China's largest cargo airline in terms of fleet size, has taken a major step toward its target to become a world-class large-scale cargo carrier by expanding its fleet to 86 freighters.

The freighter fleet and air-route network will boost air-express delivery efficiency in the upcoming Double 11 shopping spree and other logistics peaks.

SF Airlines is the aviation branch of China's leading courier enterprise, SF Express. The fleet enables the company to expand its air-route network and speed up the delivery of goods with time-sensitive requirements.

The air cargo sector plays an important role in stabilizing the industrial and supply chains.

China's civil air transport industry maintained a good momentum of recovery. In August, its transport turnover was 11.61 billion tonne-kilometres, an 87.4 per cent year-on-year increase, marking the scale of China's air transport has exceeded the level of 2019 for two consecutive months, according to the Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC).

The industry handled 636,000 tonnes of air cargo this August, up 1.1 percent from August 2019, according to statistics from the CAAC.

N. China

With the approach of Black Friday, Double 11 shopping festival, Christmas shipping season and the stable export volume of E-commerce cargo, space is very tight recently and air rates are increasing every day.

S. China

With the approach of Black Friday, Double 11 shopping festival, Christmas shipping season and the stable export volume of E-commerce cargo, space is very tight recently and air rates are increasing every day.