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NewsHong Kong International retains busiest cargo hub top spot
Hong Kong International Airport (HKIA) retained its position as the world's busiest cargo airport in 2022 despite the impact of Covid restrictions, according to statistics from Airports Council International.HKIA saw its cargo volumes fall by 16.4% year on year in 2022 to 4.2m tonnes as restrictions on crew hampered operations, ...
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InsightsTop 20 Cargo Airports: Leading hubs bounce back after Covid hit
Covid lockdowns and virus-related freight surges in 2021 influenced the final ‘premier league’ table of the world’s top 20 cargo airports in 2021 (see chart at end of article).Global economic shocks, China’s Covid lockdowns and the war in Ukraine will similarly impact 2022’s final running order. As we enter the ...
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NewsHong Kong International returns to the cargo top spot in 2021
Hong Kong International Airport is the busiest cargo airport in the world, according to new data.Airports Council International (ACI) World’s data shows Hong Kong achieved just over 5m metric tonnes of cargo in 2021, up 12.5% since 2020 and up 4.5% since 2019.Memphis International Airport in second place reached 4.5m ...
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NewsHong Kong loses cargo hub top spot to Memphis
The world's largest cargo hubs saw demand increase last year despite the Covid outbreak, while US express hub Memphis surpassed Hong Kong to become the world's largest cargo hub (full charts below).Preliminary statistics from Airports Council International (ACI) show the the top ten air cargo hubs in 2020 saw volumes ...
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NewsUS cargo-focussed airports report rapid growth in 2020
US airports with a cargo focus last year saw their freight volumes grow rapidly as consumers switched to e-commerce, according to new research by Chaddick Institute for Metropolitan Development.The report, written by Joseph Schwieterman and Euan Hague, found that freight volumes at cargo-focussed airports last year increased by an average ...
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NewsTop 20 cargo airports 2019: Hong Kong tops the list but demand down overall
Hong Kong International Airport (HKIA) maintained its position as the world's busiest cargo airport last year, but challenging market conditions led to an overall decline in demand at the top 20 hubs (full list below) in 2019.Statistics from Airports Council International (ACI) show that the top 20 cargo airports saw ...