Cargo route in focus · Europe

RUH–LHR

Name: RUH–LHR monthly air cargo traffic, Riyadh to London
Creator: Nexora Insights
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King Khaled International Airport, Riyadh → London Heathrow Airport, London

Route snapshot · data through May 2026 · updated 24 October 2026 · next update December 2026. Current figures on the platform →

Riyadh - London cargo trend is up. The near-term outlook is uncertain.

11K tcargo, 12 months to May 2026

+6.1%year on year

Decpeak month

Cargo history

Monthly cargo tonnes. Darker bars are the latest twelve months.

Average tonnes by calendar month. December runs 24.6% above the monthly average; March is the low point.

Solid line: reported tonnes. Dashed: forecast, shaded by its 95% interval.

Months 1–6

No better than last year's actuals.

Low

Months 7–12

Measured error 30%, against 28% for comparable routes.

Moderate

31 freighter flights a month, about 7 a week for December 2026. Operators flew zero in no month.

Boeing 767-200 Freighter

Current · 41 t payload · 90% load

Airbus A330-300P2F

New generation. · 62 t payload · 60% load

Boeing 767-300 Freighter

Current · 52 t payload · 71% load

Sized on 36.98 tonnes per flight, from the comparable routes inherited; Filled to a target 93% load factor.

87,113freight route-months evaluated against what operators flew

88%implied freighter load: recommended payload against tonnes actually carried

0.86×of demand's own seasonal swing tracked, across 2,260 freight routes

Measured July 2024 to June 2026, out of sample.