"While the air cargo market is returning to a more normal pace after historic demand in the last two years, structural factors including express network growth, evolving supply chain strategies and new cargo-market entrants are driving sustained freighter demand. In the global transportation network, air freighters will continue to be a critical enabler to move high-value goods, in increased volume across expanding markets.”
Source: Darren Hulst, Boeing vice president of Commercial Marketing, explaining the forecast for strong demand for air cargo services through 2041, with traffic doubling and the world’s freighter fleet expanding by more than 60%.