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World's cargo hubs see volume growth weaken in 2018
Photo: Andreas Haug
According to the preliminary world airport traffic rankings published by Airports Council International last week, the air cargo market did not fare as well as passenger traffic (+6%) with a year-end growth figure of 3.2%. This is a much lower growth rate than in 2017 (7.7%), but it is affected by global trade tensions between the USA and several of its closest trade partners.
HKG remains the largest air cargo centre, handling more than 5 million t and its volume growing by 1.4%. Memphis (+3.1%) came second and Shanghai PVG (-1.5%) third.
Doha, Qatar’s main hub, is still one of the fastest-growing and busiest airports in the world for air cargo throughput. With almost 2.2 million t (+8.8%), it moved from 16th to 11th in the rankings. An exclusive interview with Qatar Airways chief officer cargo, Guillaume Halleux, will be published in ITJ 13-14/2019, out next Friday! (ah)