Air

By Daryl Delano -- Logistics Management, 11/1/1998

Between August and September, average aircargo prices declined 0.2%. This represented the third consecutive month of falling prices, following a sharp (5.1%) spike upward during June. All of the September easing can be attributed to a 1.5% drop in average express aircargo charges. The price index for the overall aircargo sector rose just 0.2% between the second and third quarters of this year, and the September 1998 price average was 2.0% below the September 1997 level.

% CHANGE VS.: 1 month ago 6 mos. ago 1 yr. ago

Scheduled - freight 0.0 -1.4 -5.1

Scheduled - express -1.5 +29.6 +30.1

Cargo charter 0.0 +1.2 -1.5