CargoIS - Frequently Asked Questions

CargoIS reports will be available on the following dates by country:

Available on the 20th of each month

Argentina
Austria
Belgium
Brazil
Canada
Denmark
Finland
France
Germany
Luxembourg
Netherlands
Norway
Switzerland
Sweden
Turkey
Venezuela

Available on the 26th of each month:

Australia
Chile
China
Costa Rica
Ecuador
Fiji
Greece
Italy
Japan
Korea
Mexico
New Zealand
Panama
Peru
Philippines
Portugal

Available on the 5th of every following month:

Great Britain
Ireland
Singapore
South Africa
Spain

CargoIS reports chargeable weight.

CargoIS figures do not include other charges such as fuel and security surcharges. These are not true revenue and are not included. The calculation performed by CargoIS represents a true net revenue figure.

The calculation is as follows: (A+B+C+D) - (E+(F*(1 or -1 based on G)))

A = Weight Charge - PP (All charges prepaid by cash)
B = Valuation Charge - PP
C = Weight Charge - CC (All charges collect)
D = Valuation Charge - CC
E = Commission
F = Discount
G = Discount Indicator (negative ("-") or assumed positive)

CargoIS calculates yield as net revenue divided by chargeable weight.

The calculation is as follows: (Current Year-Previous Year)/Previous Year

CargoIS uses air waybill (AWB) date of execution, e.g., CargoIS for July 2004 contains only records for AWBs executed in July 2004. AWBs for previous months settled in July 2004 are placed in the data sets for the month in which they were executed. In this way, as data ages, it becomes more accurate and complete.

1) Negative airline revenue or weight is caused by negative value figures in CargoIS statistics. Negative values could occur when correction records do not exactly match original AWBs, e.g., different route, different weight break, different agent code, different month, etc. This is caused by a data entry error at the submitting party level. Those correction records are included in the data set in order to minimize impact on the country bottom line (for airlines & freight forwarders) caused otherwise by rejecting them and leaving uncorrected data in the file.
2) Negative market revenue can be found in a specific route in which a carrier has a significant market share as well as negative revenue caused by negative value figures (as explained in point 1) in the same time period. Therefore the market figures become negative for this time period.
3) Airline revenue or weight > Market revenue can be found in a route in which a carrier has a significant market share and other carriers in the same route have negative revenue caused by negative value figures (as explained in point 1) in the same time period. This will lower the market revenue for the time period.

Click on a region to view the countries:

• Africa
• Caribbean
• Central America
• Europe
• Japan & Korea
• Middle East
• North America
• South America
• South Asian Subcontinent
• South East Asia
• South West Pacific

A CargoIS representative will forward a username and password by e-mail within seven working days of the request.

If you know your username, please submit on the forget password page. Your password will be sent to your email address on file.

If you do not know your user name, please contact CargoIS at

Tel.: +1 (514) 390 6725
Fax: +1 (514) 874 1779
E-mail: cargo-is@iata.org