Chinese cargo growth moderates in 2011 following post-recession recovery
The spectacular rebound in China’s airfreight demand of 2009 and 2010 has slowed in 1Q2011. Chinese air cargo volumes increased by 2.0% in Mar-2010 to 489,000 tonnes, according to CAAC. Domestic cargo, which accounted for 66% of the total, increased 2.7% to 321,500 tonnes. Regional (Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan) cargo volumes increased 2.2% to 19,500 tonnes and international cargo increased 0.6% to 167,500.
