Airport-to-airport general cargo rate index, tracking price volatility across the major air cargo trade routes.
Key Features
TAC Freight is an air cargo price reporting agency (PRA) platform, allowing you to access real-time data and air freight rate index charts. Stay ahead of the competition with the latest market insights. Make Data driven decisions using market actionable, highquality, timely, financially compliant data.
Weekly
Weekly general cargo prices ($/kg) reflecting previous 7 days aggregated transactions in the market
Relevant
Based on transactional data from global air forwarders, taken directly from the master Airway Bill validated against airline data
Transparent
Transparent methodology for industry standard metrics, fully auditable following IOSCO Principles For Financial Benchmarking
Global
Major global origin destination (OD) airport pairs
Our Services
How the TAC Index works
Main Index Formula
Available to all users
Subsector Indices
Available to forwarder data providers only
*Additional Key Performance Indications (KPIs) also available to data providers.
Methodology
Methodology
Weekly
Data is supplied by global air freight forwarders
All data is at the transaction (house and master AWB) level
Transparent
Clearly defined methodologies are used to calculate industry standard reference prices
All reference prices are calculated as volume weighted average prices
Timely
Data is uploaded every Monday by 0900 UTC for the previous week (Monday-Sunday)
The TAC Index aggregates and publishes market data every Monday by 1400 UTC for the previous week (Monday-Sunday)
Secure
Data is uploaded over secure, encrypted channels via an API or browser
All published data is completely anonymous
No transaction data is stored on the front end servers
Reliable
All transaction data is fully verifiable and auditable
Data is cleaned using data validation and statistical filtering at a transaction level to ensure data integrity
No OD pair is published until it passes a number of strict thresholds
Data Delivery Channels
Get real-time air freight index data to track market trends and make informed shipping decisions. Empower your logistics planning with TAC Index Air Freight data.
TAC Monthly Reports specific for both Data Providers and Subscribers are available upon request at no additional charge. Bespoke report requests are available for an additional fee.