Volume methodology

The volume of cargo flown in cubic meters (as provided by our airline partners) that we show in Air Advanced is based on of the two following methodologies:

• Air waybill methodology — total combined volume (in cubic meters) of all the air waybills (AWB) loaded on a flight
• Position methodology — number of positions used on the flight converted into cubic meters, assuming the flight was 100% full

However, both methodologies have their distinct downsides:

• Airlines that use the AWB methodology are likely to underestimate the amount of cubic meters actually used on a flight, because it doesn't account for any stowage loss and mail.
• Airlines that apply the Position methodology are likely to overestimate the amount of cubic meters taken up on a flight, because it ignores the fact that some of the pallets may have been loaded only partially.

To normalize both methods, we add a 5% increase to cubic meter values that are based on the AWB methodology, and a 5% decrease to the values based on the Position.