Air Freight in the United States

Introduction

Air Freight in the United States industry profile provides top-line qualitative and quantitative summary information including: market size (value and volume 2008-12, and forecast to 2017). The profile also contains descriptions of the leading players including key financial metrics and analysis of competitive pressures within the market. Essential resource for top-line data and analysis covering the United States air freight market. Includes market size and segmentation data, textual and graphical analysis of market growth trends, leading companies and macroeconomic information.

Highlights

• The air freight sector is defined as consisting of revenues generated from freight transportation by air. Units of volumes are measured in freight ton kilometers (FTK). Air freight volumes include both domestic and international freight, which for the purposes of this report are counted in the country of origin. Any currency conversions used in the creation of this report have been calculated using constant 2011 annual average exchange rates.
• The US air freight sector is forecast to generate total revenues of $38,764.2 million in 2012, representing a compound annual rate of change (CARC) of -2.7% between 2008 and 2012.
• Sector consumption volumes are forecast to decrease with a CARC of -0.4% between 2008 and 2012, to reach a total of 99,407.4 million FTK in 2012.
• The performance of the sector is forecast to decline further but with a slower pace, with an anticipated CARC of -2% for the five-year period 2012 - 2017, which is expected to drive the sector to a value of $34,985.6 million by the end of 2017.

Features

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Key Questions Answered

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