SINGAPORE Changi Airport handled 183,000 tonnes of cargo in July, up by 2.1 per cent on the same month of 2017.
The July cargo traffic figure was also up on the 170,000 tonnes recoded in the previous month, and surpassed any other month of this year except March, according to London's Air Cargo News.
So far this year (January to July inclusive), the Lion City's airport handled a throughput of 1.23 million tonnes of airfreight. The figure for the whole of 2017 was 2.15 million tonnes.
The total number of aircraft movements (passenger and cargo) in July rose by 2.5 year on year to reach 32,710 landings and take offs.
As at August 1, more than 100 airlines operated at Changi Airport, connecting Singapore to some 400 cities in approximately 100 countries and territories worldwide.
The July cargo traffic figure was also up on the 170,000 tonnes recoded in the previous month, and surpassed any other month of this year except March, according to London's Air Cargo News.
So far this year (January to July inclusive), the Lion City's airport handled a throughput of 1.23 million tonnes of airfreight. The figure for the whole of 2017 was 2.15 million tonnes.
The total number of aircraft movements (passenger and cargo) in July rose by 2.5 year on year to reach 32,710 landings and take offs.
As at August 1, more than 100 airlines operated at Changi Airport, connecting Singapore to some 400 cities in approximately 100 countries and territories worldwide.