Cargo Talk Feb2021 (2) - Flipbook - Page 6
INTERNATIONAL NEWS
AIRPORT TALK
Budapest Airport handles
134,459 tonnes of air cargo
in 2020
Schiphol Airport’s
cargo volume slips
8 PER CENT in 2020
Budapest Airport has handled a total of 134,459 tonnes of air cargo
in 2020 and dealt with 38,868 tonnes of air cargo in Q4. Ferenc Liszt
International Airport handled 6,118 air cargo flights last year, 17.6 per
cent more than in 2019. Cargo volume fell only a 0.8 per cent from
last year. Cargo charter flights transporting medical equipment and other healthcare supplies accounted for approximately six per cent of last
year’s cargo traffic, which meant handling around 350 dedicated flights
in 2020. “The fact that cargo traffic at Budapest Airport remained stable
during this extraordinary year is attributable to the exemplary persever-
Amsterdam Airport Schiphol’s total cargo volume for 2020 declined
by eight per cent to 1.44 million tonnes compared to 2019. The
airport notes that last year’s freight volumes were shipped in three
categories of flights. Full freighters accounted for 61 per cent of total
volume, whilst passenger flights with belly space as well as passenger
flights with only freight on board (pax-cargo-only) accounted for 29
per cent and 10 per cent, respectively.
Inbound cargo volumes dropped by 4.7 per cent to 754,361
tonnes in 2020 compared to 2019, and outbound cargo volumes
fell 11.7 per cent to 687,161 tonnes during the same period. The
three biggest destinations for cargo tonnage were Shanghai, Doha
and Chicago.
ance of the cargo community. It is our strong intention to maintain the
organising and supporting role of the airport in this work,” said Rolf
Schnitzler, CEO, Budapest Airport, in adding, “It takes numerous players, precise coordination and a strong base like the BUD Cargo City to
handle the cargo traffic of the airport. We remain committed to continuously developing air cargo and the BUD Cargo City.”Due to the coronavirus and its economic impacts, the proportion of exports and imports
shifted from the previous 50-50 per cent to 40-60 per cent in the first
half of 2020, and then normalised at 45-55 per cent by the end of the
year, the airport notes.
Brussels Airport’s cargo
volumes grow by 2% in 2020
to 511,613 TONNES
Brussels Airport, the Europe-based hub, has experienced a 2.2
per cent year-on-year increase in cargo volumes to 511,613
tonnes, especially for the transport of pharmaceuticals and medical
supplies. The strongest growth was recorded in the full-freighter
segment, which was up 43 per cent on 2019. This steep growth is
accounted for by the arrival of new carriers and the use of passenger
aircraft for cargo only (30 to 40 per cent of the full-cargo flights).
Additionally, express services experienced a year-on-year increase
of 18 per cent. Imports originating from Asia also recorded strong
growth. This year, the number of vaccine shipments from Brussels
Airport is rising; already, more than 10m doses have been shipped
from Brussels Airport to destinations around the globe.
6 CARGOTALK
FEBRUARY - 2021
Ontario Airport witnesses
18% y-o-y increase in cargo
demand throughout 2020
Despite the staggering impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on
global aviation, Ontario International Airport (ONT) looks forward
to maintaining its position as a leading cargo hub in 2021. Two
weeks into the New Year, airport officials announced final statistics
for 2020, with cargo volumes growing more than 18 per cent yearover-year, while the number of passengers who travelled through
ONT was down more than 50 per cent. For the year, ONT processed
nearly 900,000 tonnes of commercial freight, 18.2 per cent higher
than the previous year. Freight shipments increased by doubledigits in 10 months in 2020 and by more than 20 per cent in six
months. Mail shipments increased almost 17 per cent to more than
25,000 tonnes last year.
In December, freight tonnage totalled more than 93,000 tonnes,
six per cent higher than the same month in 2019 while shipments
of mail grew 340 per cent to more than 3,600 tonnes. “Ontario
solidified its position as a leading air cargo hub in 2020,” said
Mark Thorpe, CEO, Ontario International Airport Authority.
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