Long-term Air Freight Boom To Follow Short-term Gloom
Asia-Pacific carriers such as Japan's Nippon Cargo Airlines are seen as being a big driver of air-freight growth over the next two decades by Boeing's forecasters.
Asia-Pacific carriers such as Japan's Nippon Cargo Airlines are seen as being a big driver of air-freight growth over the next two decades by Boeing's forecasters.

Air cargo will grow by an average of 5.2 percent annually over the next 20 years, according to Boeing. The U.S. airframer’s World Cargo Forecast 2012/13, published on October 3, predicts that the global freighter fleet will expand to nearly 3,200 aircraft by 2031. Boeing’s forecast is based on the assumption that worldwide gross domestic product will nearly double over the 20-year forecast period. It says this trend will be driven by liberalization of markets and reduced air-freight costs based on more efficient aircraft and infrastructure improvement.