Belly cargo leads volume growth at Vienna Airport
19 / 11 / 2024
Source: Flughafen Wien AG
Vienna Airport has registered a double-digit increase in cargo volumes over the first nine months of the year.
The Austrian airport handled 216,360 tons of cargo between January and September, which represents a 20% increase on the same period last year.
The airport said that volumes were up in terms of both flown and trucked airfreight, with belly cargo numbers improving by 45% compared with a year ago to 90,692 tons.
Volume growth continued to improve in the third quarter of the year.
“The current and recent strong market demand for airfreight is leading to an increase in tonnage at Vienna Airport. In the third quarter from July to September, cargo volume rose to 75,242 tons, an increase of more than 25% over the previous year,” the airport said in a press release.
As well as general market improvement, the increase is also being driven by additional flights.
Qatar Airways Cargo has been operating a weekly service between Vienna and its hub in Doha since September and Chinese carrier Hainan Airlines returned to the airport at the end of May.
“The increasing number of airlines that have chosen us as a reliable cargo location, and in particular the 45 percent growth in belly freight, confirm our importance as a key logistics hub between Europe and Asia,” said Julian Jäger, joint chief executive and chief operating officer of Vienna Airport.
“It is very pleasing that we were able to record growth in September for both freight-only flights and belly freight on passenger aircraft as well as trucking,” said Michael Zach, senior vice president ground handling and cargo operations of Vienna Airport.
“The expansion of connectivity through new flight connections and additional cargo flights demonstrates the importance of the airport as a strategic hub in the region. The strong growth shows that we can respond to the needs of international logistics in a dynamic market environment and act as a reliable partner for cargo customers.”
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