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Asia-Pacific and Middle Eastern airports recorded a marginal increase in cargo traffic of 0.4 percent and +0.1 percent respectively in August 2012 compared to August 2011, according to the latest Airports Council International (ACI) freight flash report.
Year-to-date cargo traffic showed a decrease of 0.7 percent in the Asia-Pacific area and an increase of 2.9 percent in the Middle-East area.
Hong Kong (HKG), once again, was the airport in the region with the highest cargo throughput, processing over 328,000 tonnes of cargo in August 2012.
Shanghai Pudong (PVG) with 241,000 tonnes, Seoul Incheon (ICN) with 194,000 tonnes as well as Dubai (DXB) and Tokyo Narita (NRT) with almost 191,000 and 157,000 tonnes respectively are the four other busiest cargo airports in the region.
“With the uncertainty of the global economy still persisting, in particular in the developed countries, air cargo traffic remained flat in August and overall, during the first eight months of the year,” said ACI Asia-Pacific regional director Patti Chau.
“With a stronger-than-expected 10 percent growth in Chinese exports in September, we are hopeful that the cargo traffic for both Asia-Pacific and Middle East will pick up speed again and positive figures will be achieved at year-end.”
Cargonews Asia
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