With the exception of Latin America, all regions reported growth in demand for the period under review, with African airlines reporting a 29.4 percent increase in freight volume in August and a 5.9 percent boost in capacity.
As well as highlighting that air cargo had another stellar performance in August, Alexandre de Juniac, CEO, IATA, revealed, […] Rapid growth in cargo demand means that cargo capacity is now growing in response to real cargo demand rather than automatically as carriers responded to passenger demand […].”