TIACA White Paper on E-Commerce: Charting a Roadmap for the Future of Air Cargo

August 22, 2025 - The International Air Cargo Association (TIACA) has released a white paper, E-Commerce: Opportunities & Challenges, offering a global perspective on one of the fastest-growing and most transformative forces in the air cargo industry.

By the close of 2024, e-commerce accounted for approximately 20% of global air cargo volumes, with forecasts predicting these volumes could double within the next decade. This rapid growth, accelerated by COVID-driven shifts in consumer behaviour, has reshaped supply chains, created new business models, and revealed gaps in regulation, standardization and infrastructure.

Developed by TIACA’s multi-sector E-Commerce Task Force – comprising airlines, airports, ground handlers, technology providers, freight forwarders and industry analysts – the white paper examines the sector’s most pressing challenges and opportunities, from safety and customs management to harmonized data standards, sustainability and innovation.

The full report is available to all industry stakeholders, and TIACA invites feedback to help shape ongoing work in this critical area.

Read more in and access the report from a press release from TIACA.

Link to white paper TIACA-White-Paper-Ecommerce-Final.pdf

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