According to statistics from the International Air Transport Association (IATA), international scheduled airfreight traffic showed a 22.7% improvement in July
In the crisis year 2009, inland shipping strengthened its position in the hinterland transport of containers, with its share in the modal split of the port of Rotterdam rising from 30% to 33%
Airfreight shrank by an unprecedented 26% in value terms in 2009, from $60.7 billion to $44.9 billion. By February 2010, volumes were still 9% below the peak of two years ago.
