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Leipzig/Halle Airport ups cargo 7.7pc in July to record 84,397 tonnes
GERMANY's Leipzig/Halle Airport, the country's second biggest air freight hub, handled a record 84,397 tonnes of cargo in July, an increase of 7.7 per cent year-on-year, which came in marked contrast to Frankfurt Airport, where cargo and mail throughput fell by two per cent to 177,840 tonnes.
Cargo volumes during the first seven months of the year through Leipzig/Halle rose by 8.5 per cent to 564,778 tonnes.
A spokesman for the airport said: "The main airlines contributing to our enormous growth are linked to DHL and include European Air Transport Leipzig (EAT) and long-haul operator AeroLogic (the DHL/Lufthansa Cargo joint venture), which is operating with eight Boeing 777 freighters from its home base here.
"Southern Air, Kalitta and Polar Air Cargo operate intercontinental cargo flights for DHL on a regular basis as well," he was quoted as saying in a report by London's Loadstar.
In terms of general cargo, Leipzig/Halle credits the Volga-Dnepr Group and, in particular, its unit AirBridgeCargo, as partly responsible for its higher throughput. ABC operates a weekly service to and from Moscow's Sheremetyevo Airport.
Lufthansa's problems account in part for the slowdown at Frankfurt. The carrier's overall traffic was down 4.2 per cent in RTK terms last month against the same month last year. It saw the Asia Pacific market contract by 6.1 per cent while cargo business to and from the Americas fell by 1.8 per cent.
Cargo volumes during the first seven months of the year through Leipzig/Halle rose by 8.5 per cent to 564,778 tonnes.
A spokesman for the airport said: "The main airlines contributing to our enormous growth are linked to DHL and include European Air Transport Leipzig (EAT) and long-haul operator AeroLogic (the DHL/Lufthansa Cargo joint venture), which is operating with eight Boeing 777 freighters from its home base here.
"Southern Air, Kalitta and Polar Air Cargo operate intercontinental cargo flights for DHL on a regular basis as well," he was quoted as saying in a report by London's Loadstar.
In terms of general cargo, Leipzig/Halle credits the Volga-Dnepr Group and, in particular, its unit AirBridgeCargo, as partly responsible for its higher throughput. ABC operates a weekly service to and from Moscow's Sheremetyevo Airport.
Lufthansa's problems account in part for the slowdown at Frankfurt. The carrier's overall traffic was down 4.2 per cent in RTK terms last month against the same month last year. It saw the Asia Pacific market contract by 6.1 per cent while cargo business to and from the Americas fell by 1.8 per cent.
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