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One of the most prominent trends in ers, cargo airlines, and affiliated businesses
the air cargo industry across the Ameri- that advocate on behalf of its members.
cas has been the sustained growth in Delta Cargo has recently announced the
e-commerce-driven shipments. According launch of its new product DeliverDirect,
to data published in Oberlo, a dropship- developed in collaboration with SmartKar-
ping app for Shopify, the U.S e-commerce go. DeliverDirect is a door-to-door delivery
forecast predicts growth to rise by 0.3 service for the U.S. market, offering a
percentage points in 2025, reaching 10.8%, competitive and customisable solution for
with online sales expected to hit $1.39 e-commerce retailers looking to optimise
trillion. Another increase of 0.2 percentage their direct-to-consumer shipping. The
points is projected for 2026, taking the rise of e-commerce has not only boosted
annual growth rate to 11%. At Avianca Cargo, overall air cargo volumes but has also
“E-commerce continues to be one prompted airlines and freight forward-
of fastest growing sectors within the we operate the ers to adapt their operations to meet the
industry and has fueled much of the medium-sized unique requirements of this segment.
industry growth we have seen in recent Another significant trend is the increasing
years – largely due to retail moving online cargo fleet with the focus on sustainability and environmental
and consumer expectations chang- lowest environmental responsibility within the air cargo sector. As
ing. We move a significant amount of concerns about climate change intensify,
e-commerce-related traffic across our impact based in the stakeholders across the industry are taking
network, particularly to and from Europe, steps to reduce their carbon footprint and
from Asia–Pacific (APAC) to the U.S, and region. adopt more eco-friendly practices.
throughout our domestic U.S network. Diogo Elias American Airlines Cargo has set ambi-
Forecasts suggest that this sector will Avianca Cargo tious milestones to achieve net zero
continue to grow for the near future, and emissions by 2050. The U.S carrier plans to
we are currently working to evaluate how several of our members are participating in replace 10% of its jet fuel with Sustainable
our service offering will continue to evolve the U.S Customs & Border Protection's Type Aviation Fuel (SAF) by 2030 and aims to
to meet the growing needs of this sector,” 86 express clearance pilot programme. reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions
says Indy Bolina, Head of Global Sales, This programme offers faster clearance intensity by 45% by 2035.
American Airlines Cargo. times for e-commerce shipments, which “At Avianca Cargo, we operate the
“The Airforwarders Association (AfA) is is crucial for meeting customer demand,” medium-sized cargo fleet with the lowest
proud to represent many members who says Brandon Fried, Executive Director at environmental impact based in the region.
are actively involved in the e-commerce Airforwarders Association. Furthermore, we are committed to con-
boom. We see this sector as a major driver The AfA is an association of US forward- tinuously seeking out and achieving our
of growth in air cargo forwarding, and ers and a global alliance of indirect air carri- environmental targets and commitments,

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