Weekly Air Operations Update: Shanghai to Europe, US and Australia 16/12/22

Shanghai to London

• There has been a positive increase in demand recently.
• Terminal congestion in London Heathrow (LHR) expected to cause delays for imports
• The operations staff are under a closed-loop management at PVG airport, so they have enough staff to handle the operation of commercial flights
• The delivery trucks need to wait outside the warehouse for unloading for 3-4 hours
• No flight cancellations
• No weather disruptions
• Space is getting tight due to the coming of Christmas holiday
• The market rates are slightly increased compared to last week and are expected to increase to a higher level from next week

Shanghai to New York

• Capacity is open amid a continued drop in market demand, but rates have not fluctuated much.
• The operations staff are under a closed-loop management at PVG airport, so they have enough staff to handle the operation of commercial flights
• The delivery trucks need to wait outside the warehouse for unloading for 3-4 hours
• Several connection flights of KZ/CI/etc to ORD/JFK have been cancelled due to the bad weather of East USA.
• No weather disruptions
• Space is open
• The rates have slightly increased due to cancellation of flights.

Shanghai to Los Angeles

• Capacity is open amid a continued drop in market demand, but rates have not fluctuated much.
• The operations staff are under a closed-loop management at PVG airport, so they have enough staff to handle the operation of commercial flights
• The delivery trucks need to wait outside the warehouse for unloading for 3-4 hours
• CZ cancelled the flights ex CAN to LAX from 10.Dec.
• No weather disruptions
• Space is open

• Rates are steady

Shanghai to Frankfurt

• There has been a positive increase in demand.
• The operations staff are under a closed-loop management at PVG airport, so they have enough staff to handle the operation of commercial flights
• The delivery trucks need to wait outside the warehouse for unloading for 3-4 hours
• No flight cancellations noted at the moment
• No weather disruptions
• Space is open for all bookings.
• Current market rates are stable

Shanghai to Melbourne

• The export volume ex Shanghai to Melbourne is stable
• The operations staff are under a closed-loop management at PVG airport, so they have enough staff to handle the operation of commercial flights
• The delivery trucks need to wait outside the warehouse for unloading for 3-4 hours
• No flight cancellations noted at the moment
• No weather disruptions
• The space is open for now. All the freighter flights ex China to Australia have been cancelled since the beginning of 2020
• Market rates remain the same as last week

Shanghai to Sydney

• The export volume ex Shanghai to Sydney is stable
• The operations staff are under a closed-loop management at PVG airport, so they have enough staff to handle the operation of commercial flights
• The delivery trucks need to wait outside the warehouse for unloading for 3-4 hours.
• No flight cancellations noted at the moment
• No weather disruptions
• The space is open for now. All the freighter flights ex China to Australia have been cancelled since the beginning of 2020
• Market rates remain the same as last week