HONG Kong International Airport handled 422, 000 tonnes of cargo in May representing a year-on-year increase of 1.4 per cent.
According to statistics from the Airport Authority Hong Kong (HK) the growth in air cargo volume was underpinned by a 12.7 per cent increase in transshipments, reports Singapore's Payload Asia.
Traffic to/from Europe and the Middle East were the primary drivers of cargo growth, showing the most increases during the month.
HKIA handled 4.86 million passengers and 32,480 flight movements in May representing year-on-year growths of 19.7 per cent and 8.8 per cent, respectively.
The passenger growth was mainly driven by the double-digit increases in transfer/transit passengers and visitors.
Traffic growth continued to be led by routes to/ from Mainland China and Southeast Asia, which show the most increases during the month.
Over the first five months of the year, cargo traffic grew 2.7 per cent year on year to 2 million tonnes.
Passenger volume saw 17.5 per cent year-on-year growth to 24.64 million, while flight movements increased by 11.0 per cent to 161,130 in the five months to May.
On a 12-month rolling basis, cargo throughput grew 7.8 per cent year on year to 4.99 million tonnes while passenger volume rose by 20.1 per cent to 56.7 million and flight movements increased by 16.8 per cent to 379,295.
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According to statistics from the Airport Authority Hong Kong (HK) the growth in air cargo volume was underpinned by a 12.7 per cent increase in transshipments, reports Singapore's Payload Asia.
Traffic to/from Europe and the Middle East were the primary drivers of cargo growth, showing the most increases during the month.
HKIA handled 4.86 million passengers and 32,480 flight movements in May representing year-on-year growths of 19.7 per cent and 8.8 per cent, respectively.
The passenger growth was mainly driven by the double-digit increases in transfer/transit passengers and visitors.
Traffic growth continued to be led by routes to/ from Mainland China and Southeast Asia, which show the most increases during the month.
Over the first five months of the year, cargo traffic grew 2.7 per cent year on year to 2 million tonnes.
Passenger volume saw 17.5 per cent year-on-year growth to 24.64 million, while flight movements increased by 11.0 per cent to 161,130 in the five months to May.
On a 12-month rolling basis, cargo throughput grew 7.8 per cent year on year to 4.99 million tonnes while passenger volume rose by 20.1 per cent to 56.7 million and flight movements increased by 16.8 per cent to 379,295.
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