The International Air Transport Association (IATA) released data for global air freight markets showing that demand, measured in freight tonne kilometers (FTKs), decreased by 4.8% in June 2019, compared to the same period in 2018. This marks the eighth consecutive month of year-on-year decline in freight volumes.

International freight traveling from Chengdu in Southwest China's Sichuan province to Los Angeles has been being transferred at the Shenyang Taoxian International Airport in Shenyang, Northeast China's Liaoning province, since July 17. This marked the opening of the Chengdu-Shenyang-Los Angeles freight flight.

A new cargo air route has been launched to link the city of Yancheng in East China's Jiangsu province and Incheon International Airport in the Republic of Korea.

In respond to the recently-proposed plan of regional integration of Yangtze River Delta, cities in Yangtze River Delta will work together to build a cosmopolitan airport complex. To enhance competitiveness of the airport complex, how will Jiangsu Province collaborate with its neighbors, namely, Shanghai, Anhui, Zhejiang and so on to adopt synergetic development with benign competition, complementing each other's advantages?

The International Air Transport Association (IATA) released performance figures for 2018 showing that global air connectivity continues to become more accessible and more efficient. The IATA World Air Transport Statistics (2019 WATS) confirms that:

Sheremetyevo International Airport recently published its cargo performance results for the first 6 months of 2019. In total, the airport processed 148 thousand tons of cargo, 22 thousand tons of mail. The volume of cargo traffic in Sheremetyevo in January-June 2019 has increased by 2% compared to the same period in 2018. Sheremetyevo Airport is the top airport in the entire Moscow Air Cluster in terms of cargo traffic: the airport's share of the total volume has increased from 61% to 67%, compared to the first 6 months of 2018.

The International Air Transport Association (IATA) released data for global air freight markets showing that demand, measured in freight tonne kilometers (FTKs), decreased by 3.4% in May 2019, compared to the same period in 2018. This was a slight improvement on the 5.6% contraction in April.

The International Air Transport Association (IATA) released data for global air freight markets showing that demand, measured in freight tonne kilometers (FTKs), fell 4.7% in April 2019, compared to the same period the year before. This continued the negative trend in year-on-year demand that began in January.

Chongqing municipal government signed an agreement with Ethiopian Airlines Group on Saturday to launch three regular freight routes, which will be China's longest regular freight routes, on the sidelines of the Second Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation.

Emir Pineda, Trade & Logistics Manager for the Marketing Division of the Miami-Dade Aviation Department, which operates Miami International Airport (MIA), has been elected to the Board of The International Air Cargo Association (TIACA).