Air cargo rates out of China continue to be high: TAC Index

Behind the scenes: how a global airline keeps the world moving

Exploring the high-stakes operation of managing thousands of flights a week On this episode of The Airport Economist, Professor Tim Harcourt goes behind the scenes at China Airlines to uncover the complexities of global flight scheduling. Wayne Wei, General Manager of the Schedule Planning Department, explains how the airline manages over 1,400 flights per week while maintaining efficiency and reliability. With cutting-edge logistics, real-time …

Air cargo rates out of China continue to be high: TAC Index

Global air freight rates continue to rally despite the very mixed outlook for trade and markets, according to the latest data from TAC Index. “The global Baltic Air Freight Index calculated by TAC was up another +2.3 percent WoW over the week to March 24, leaving it ahead by +3.5 percent YoY.” Rates out of China were higher again last week on lanes both to Europe and to North America, leaving them still close to levels of 12 months ago, the upda…