For the full year 2025, African airlines saw cargo demand grow 6.0% compared to 2024, while capacity expanded 7.8%.<\/p>\n
December\u2019s strong performance marked the peak for the region, with capacity increasing 9.8%, enabling carriers to meet rising seasonal demand and strengthen intra-African and international trade flows.<\/p>\n
\u201cAfrican airlines saw 6.0% year-on-year demand growth for air cargo in 2025. Capacity increased by 7.8% year-on-year. December year-on-year demand increased by 10.1%, the highest of all regions, and capacity increased 9.8%,\u201d the report read in part. <\/em><\/p>\n Globally, full-year cargo demand rose 3.4%, with international operations up 4.2%, and capacity grew 3.7% (5.1% for international flights).<\/p>\n December 2025 reflected continued momentum, with overall global demand 4.3% higher than December 2024 and international operations up 5.5%.<\/p>\n Yields declined 1.5% for the year, the smallest drop in three years, while remaining 37.2% above 2019 levels.<\/p>\n Asia-Pacific airlines led global growth for the full year, with cargo demand up 8.4% and capacity rising 7.4%. December demand increased 9.4% year-on-year.<\/p>\n The report also highlights shifts in global trade lanes, with cargo flows moving from Asia\u2013North America toward Asia\u2013Europe, driven by tariffs and the removal of US de minimis exemptions.<\/p>\n Strong growth was also recorded within Asia and along the Middle East\u2013Asia corridor, reflecting evolving supply chain patterns.<\/p>\n African airlines led global air cargo growth in November 2025,<\/a> with year-on-year demand rising 15.6%\u2014the highest of all regions.<\/p>\n Other regions posted mixed results across both months: Asia-Pacific, Europe, and the Middle East saw moderate to strong growth, while North America and Latin America & the Caribbean experienced declines, highlighting Africa\u2019s standout performance in the final months of 2025.<\/p>\n Nigeria\u2019s air cargo sector remains active. ,<\/p>\n The latest development is FAAN\u2019s increase of cargo port charges from N7 to N20 in January 2026<\/a>, a move aimed at addressing inflation, foreign exchange pressures, and funding critical airport infrastructure.<\/p>\n In an exclusive Nairametrics interview, Faisal Jarmakani, Managing Director of Aramex Nigeria, said the market is valued at over $8 billion, with Lagos, Abuja, Port Harcourt, and Kano handling the largest volumes.<\/p>\n With these operational upgrades and infrastructure investments, Nigeria is continuing to strengthen its air cargo capabilities, supporting both domestic distribution and regional trade, and building resilience for future growth.<\/p>\n <\/a><\/strong> <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" … December 2025 global air cargo<\/span> market performance report. The … airlines led global air cargo<\/span> growth in November 2025,\u00c2\u00a0 … of all regions. Available cargo<\/span> capacity also expanded sharply, … to strengthen its air cargo<\/span> capabilities, supporting both domestic …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-71017","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","wpcat-1-id"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/new7.shop\/zerocostfreehost\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71017","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/new7.shop\/zerocostfreehost\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/new7.shop\/zerocostfreehost\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new7.shop\/zerocostfreehost\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new7.shop\/zerocostfreehost\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=71017"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/new7.shop\/zerocostfreehost\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71017\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/new7.shop\/zerocostfreehost\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=71017"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new7.shop\/zerocostfreehost\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=71017"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new7.shop\/zerocostfreehost\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=71017"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Regional performances beyond Africa <\/strong><\/h4>\n
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