• DEEP DIVE US cargo airlines serving the Mexican market have seen a decline 12.3% during the first seven months of 2019 compared to the same period last year following international trends that show a slow down in airfreight derived from trade tensions between the US and China.
• THE NUMBERS While land and train freight traffic between the US and Mexico has increased, Mexica Government data shows US cargo airlines with a decline in volume transported between both countries from 121.7 metric tons in the first seven months of 2018 to 106.7 metric tons in 2019.
• EXPERT According to industry experts like Fernando Gómez, the fall in air cargo between both countries can be attributed directly to the blows to international trade from the US and China trade war and something that can be also seen in a smaller rate for other regions in the world
• LEADERS Twenty-two US cargo airlines being registered to serve Mexico in 2016 -the latest data available from the Mexican Ministry of Communications and Transport- with FedEx being the leader with 33.5% share of the market that year while UPS was second with 19.9%.
