Airlines for America reported yield in June for domestic cargo was $71.10 per revenue ton mile, dropping 9.9 percent year-over-year. Yield for international cargo was $34.40 per revenue ton mile, sliding 8.1 percent.

Santiago will be added to Cargolux’s regular South American rotation on Sundays, also stopping inViracopos, Brazil. Santiago has been in Cargolux’s network in the past, and the airline has maintained its cooperation with local GSA Pacific Feeder Services.

China Southern Airlines launched its third scheduled freighter service from Guangzhou to Europe.

The Association of Asia Pacific Airlines's preliminary traffic figures for June showed air cargo demand continued to be weak.

Asia-Pacific international air cargo demand, measured in freight metric ton kilometers, recorded a 2.2 percent decrease compared to June 2012, reflecting continued weakness in key export markets. Offered freight capacity increased slightly, inching up 0.3 percent, leading to a 1.7 percentage point decline in the average international air cargo load factor to 66.2 percent.

Yantian International Container Terminals in Chinahas welcomed the inaugural call of the 18,000 20-foot-equivalent-unit Maersk Mc-Kinney Møller, a Triple E vessel.