Typhoon Mangkhut hits Hong Kong’s airfreight volumes

Asia Airfreight Terminal is an air cargo terminal based at Hong Kong International Airport

Hong Kong International Airport (HKIA) has blamed weather conditions for a slight fall in cargo and passenger volumes in September at the world’s number one airfreight hub.
It said that the decrease is “due primarily to Typhoon Mangkhut, which resulted in no flight movement for more than 20 hours”.
Cargo and airmail throughput was 431,000 tonnes in September, a drop of 1.4% compared to the same month last year.
The airport authority said that the reduction in cargo throughput was mainly the result of a 4% decrease in exports. In contrast, transhipments continued to be the relatively stronger cargo category, achieving a 3% year-on-year growth.
Among the key trading regions, traffic to and from Europe and Japan declined most significantly.
Over the first nine months of 2018, HKIA handled 3.75m tonnes of cargo and airmail, representing year-on-year increase of 2.6%. Flight movements increased by 1.8% to 318,650 compared to the same period last year.

Share this story

Related Topics

Latest asia news

Yusen Logistics takes operations to Ezhou Huahu Airport

Japanese firm Yusen Logistics plans to start cargo terminal and charter operations at Ezhou Huahu Airport in China next year….

Read More

Share this story

Challenge Group launches freighter service to Mumbai

Challenge Group has decided to launch a scheduled freighter route between Mumbai (BOM) and Liège (LGG). Operating twice weekly, the…

Read More

Share this story

My Freighter adds third ATSG 767-300P2F

Uzbekistan-based carrier My Freighter has taken delivery of its third newly converted Boeing 767-300 passenger to freighter (P2F) aircraft from…

Read More

Share this story

Air Cargo News

Air Cargo News
Established in 1983, Air Cargo News is the leading source of news, information, interviews, analyses and reports to the global airfreight industry. Our leading portfolio includes print, digital and events that give businesses in the airfreight industry the ability to connect with decision-makers in this sector.