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Dec 4, 2006 (newstodate): Problems with customs data in Russia/CIS complicates forecasting air cargo growth, and there is "a need to get reliable data", Boeing Regional Director Marketing Thomas Hoang told a press briefing in London.
Boeing has forecast that in 2005 estimated total air cargo traffic on CIS-domiciled carriers, including domestic and international flows amounted to 815,000 tonnes.
Around 110,00 tonnes of the cargo carried by CIS-based operators was carried for multinational firms and foreign governments as charter services to and from markets that are not connected to the CIS.
The US aircraft manufacturer estimates that CIS-European air cargo (imports and exports) will grow at an average annual rate of 5.7 percent for the next 20 years, with imports from Europe rising an annual rate of 5.1 percent to reach 307,500 tonnes in 2025.
Exports to Europe are expected to rise at a faster rate of 6.8 percent to 169,000 tonnes.
Boeing suggests a high growth average of 10.2 percent but also says political uncertainty, re-nationalisation of industries, Asian price competition and continuing regional conflicts could mean the CIS-European air cargo growth rate averages only 3.5 percent over the next two decades.
Boeing has forecast that in 2005 estimated total air cargo traffic on CIS-domiciled carriers, including domestic and international flows amounted to 815,000 tonnes.
Around 110,00 tonnes of the cargo carried by CIS-based operators was carried for multinational firms and foreign governments as charter services to and from markets that are not connected to the CIS.
The US aircraft manufacturer estimates that CIS-European air cargo (imports and exports) will grow at an average annual rate of 5.7 percent for the next 20 years, with imports from Europe rising an annual rate of 5.1 percent to reach 307,500 tonnes in 2025.
Exports to Europe are expected to rise at a faster rate of 6.8 percent to 169,000 tonnes.
Boeing suggests a high growth average of 10.2 percent but also says political uncertainty, re-nationalisation of industries, Asian price competition and continuing regional conflicts could mean the CIS-European air cargo growth rate averages only 3.5 percent over the next two decades.