The current quarantine regulations for airports implemented by China have reduced airfreight capacity.<\/p>\n
The new rules affect the largest cargo airports in China such as Shanghai, Zhengzhou and Beijing<\/strong>, while there is a certain increase of volumes due to disruption in ocean and peak season already starting in the beginning of September.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n A significantly reduced throughout capacity at the airports is to be expected, and consequently backlogs, unloaded planes and eventually, flight cancellations<\/strong>, which altogether translates into less capacity, higher rates, and longer lead times.<\/p>\n The total air cargo capacity- including wide body passenger and all freighter flights- was down 10% between August 23 and September 5, in comparison to the same weeks in 2019. On the other hand, transpacific Eastbound capacity remains strong in response to high demand, up +8% compared to 2019.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Shanghai (PVG) air cargo capacity has dropped 30% in the last five weeks due to handling workers controls over Covid restrictions.<\/p>\n In fact, this impact on PVG capacity may be higher, as the restrictions have forced many airlines to fly empty; a total of 235 flights were cancelled over the past 5 weeks, 115 of them were freighter operations.<\/strong><\/p>\n During the past 3 weeks, there has been an average of 50 fewer freighter flights weekly. Air cargo capacity ex PVG to North America and Europe (incl. via Middle East) has been affected the most.<\/p>\n Airlines and forwarders are forced to utilize airports in the west and south of China.<\/strong> HGH and CGO have increased its cargo capacity up to 40%, HKG and CAN up to 9%, and CTU, CKG, PEK up to 19%.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Mid-Autumn festival, celebrated September 19-22, may worsen supply problems with the closure of many offices during the entire week<\/strong>.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n The impact of the shift of orders from ocean to air continues, while airfares from China to North America and Europe keep rising.<\/p>\n The rate increases are very high<\/strong>, with export rates out of China now at the levels of May 2020, when PPE equipment was being shipped.<\/p>\n There are long space queues for all service levels, and transit times have become unexpectedly long<\/strong>, with no guarantee even for express-flash option.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Considering this situation, the backlog becomes heavier and it is expected for the market congestion to worsen in the following weeks<\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The current quarantine regulations for airports implemented by China have reduced airfreight capacity. The new rules affect the largest cargo airports in China such as Shanghai, Zhengzhou and Beijing, while…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":3941,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[87,84],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3940","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-international-trade-articles","category-news-articles"],"yoast_head":"\nReduced general capacity<\/h2>\n
Chinese Airports<\/h2>\n
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