July cargo volume up by 34 percent in Brussels Airport
As compared to July 2020, this year has seen a better growth in passenger traffic, flight movement and air cargo. Total freight volumes continued to see impressive growth in July, an increase of 34 percent year on year.
Total freight volume from Brussels Airport increased 34 percent in July 2021 from the year-ago period, and the airport is confident the increased demand for air freight capacity is set to continue over the coming months.
The growth in air freight (+32 percent) is continuing across the three segments, i.e. full freighter (+26 percent), integrator services (+16 percent), and on-board passenger flights (+155 percent) because of the increase in the number of passenger flights.
Adding the trucked cargo, which has increased +45 percent, the total increase in cargo is 34 percent.
Brussels Airport is seeing growth in the full cargo segment across almost all existing clients. New routes from Asia are a major contributor to this steady growth, and Asia remains the most important region, followed by North America and Africa.
The transport of Covid-19 vaccines to and from Brussels Airport is continuing with over 210 million vaccines processed at the airport to date.