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IATA: US-China trade war weighs heavily on air cargo

Global export orders continue to fall

The International Air Transport Association (IATA) released data for global air freight markets showing that demand, measured in freight tonne kilometers (FTKs), contracted by 3.9% in August 2019, compared to the same period in 2018. This marks the tenth consecutive month of year-on-year decline in freight volumes, the longest period since the global financial crisis in 2008.Freight capacity, measured...

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Geneva, Switzerland, 10/09/2019 16:06
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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