DHL Global Forwarding North Asia CEO Charles Kaufman on April 20 in Beijing, pointed out that because of fuel prices and shortage of capacity on some routes, the global air cargo per kilometer costs may rise. China’s air cargo in January this year, an increase of 95%, now restored to the level before the financial crisis. As the world’s second largest economy, China’s airlines and cargo traffic is expected to double-digit growth this year.

Charles Kaufman said, “driven by the company to replenish inventories, air cargo demand in the global economic recovery, the first reaction environment. In addition, the Asian market, ships and shipping containers loaded with the shortage, so that some part of the consignor goods from sea to air freight. ”

Turning to the recent volcanic eruptions on Iceland air cargo routes between Asia and Europe the impact of Charles Kaufman said, due to the impact of volcanic ash, causing a lot of the backlog of goods to be transported in Asia, but the airlines have taken a variety of channels, the pressure relief cargo. For example, fly from the Middle East, Asia, and then by sea to reach Europe; or the first delivery to Eastern Europe, the airport has resumed operations, such as Turkey, and then arrived by land transport to destinations in Germany.

As international oil prices have recently rebounded to around 85 U.S. dollars a barrel, it is expected to Charles Kaufman, the airline will not lower fuel surcharges, but will rise again, to make up for losses in 2009.

Charles Kaufman also noted that the emergence of the current route capacity in Asia than the situation demands, DHL is taking measures to increase cargo capacity. DHL will also increase to the Middle East and Africa through additional consolidation services and the number of ports, expansion in Africa, Asia Pacific, Europe, the Middle East and America’s air cargo network. In addition, DHL has also strengthened with the passenger airlines and cargo carriers and some charter flights between the booking co.

Benefit from China’s consumption growth and the growing number of Asian countries and China trade, trade among Asian countries, the annual compound growth rate is expected to reach 6.2%. DHL also predicted, in the 2010-2019 years, the annual compound growth rate of air cargo is concerned, between North America and China, 8%; between Western Europe and China by 6.8%; North America and Asia, other countries 5.4% ; Western European and other Asian countries is 5.2%.

DHL, according to statistics from the westbound U.S. goods exports to China, 85% of the production class of goods, including chemicals, machinery and equipment, and leather and semi-finished products like oil. From China to North America’s merchandise exports,