Record throughput for Budapest Airport in 2011
January 27, 2012
Budapest Airport achieved a record cargo throughput in 2011, handling more than 100,000 tonnes for the first time.
Flown air cargo volumes grew by 6.4% to almost 70,000 tonnes, despite the flat volumes worldwide last year, while trucked volumes more than doubled to nearly 37,000 tonnes, taking total throughput to 106,595 tonnes.
The air port said this growth built on substantial increases in 2010, when flown air cargo grew by 20% and trucked volumes also doubled.
The expansion in traffic last year was driven by Turkish Airlines starting a weekly freighter service to Istanbul and Europe’s largest all-cargo airline, Cargolux, increasing its cargo capacity – including the introduction of its new-generation B747-8 freighter to its Budapest services.
American Airlines and Qatar Airways also launched passenger flights to Budapest last year that brought significant belly load cargo capacity.
Christa Soltau, VP for Cargo and Logistics at Budapest Airport, said: “Many European airports recorded negative growth figures last year, making the growth achieved by Budapest all the more remarkable.
“As a hub for the whole central eastern European region, we intend to build on this momentum over the coming years.”
Courtesy of IFW
