IBA Insight uncovers value and lease rate performance of converted freighters

How do macroeconomic factors influence the narrowbody and widebody freighter markets? IBA’s intelligence discloses weakening cargo load factors and air freight yields. It summarises the active freighter fleet and market supply and demand, highlighting the 737-800’s enduring domination of narrowbody conversions with a potential risk of oversupply. The 767-300ER’s lead will continue for at least three years until the A330 takes over. Finally, IBA shares the relative performance of different conversion programmes and anticipated values and lease rate trends for popular freighter types. 2020 and 2021 saw increased cargo load factors. The Covid pandemic caused a lack of capacity, with