AMI\u2019s has reported \u201cdramatic growth\u201d in traffic for the first half of 2016. AMI, billed as the world\u2019s largest trade-only airfreight and express wholesaler, said that traffic at its Durban office grew by 59 percent for the year to date, compared to the same period in 2015. While the wholesaler\u2019s first-quarter growth of 7.4 percent was already healthy, its second quarter\u2019s growth, at 118 percent, sent half-year averages surging.
\nMilton French, AMI\u2019s vice president for Africa, linked the rapid growth to a recent increase in Durban\u2019s international air connections, as well as AMI\u2019s strategy of supporting local flights. \u201cWhen our Durban operation was opened in April 2003, the aim was to provide more localized export and import services for cargo agents,\u201d explained French. \u201cAt that time, many of them dealt directly with AMI in Johannesburg. There were no direct international flights to and from Durban, and most of the cargo was routed via JNB by RFS or domestic flights.\u201d
\nFor the first half of 2016, AMI controlled an 8.3 percent share of South Africa\u2019s airfreight market. In May 2016, it was ranked third in the country\u2019s airfreight agents\u2019 league table. \u201cWith the progressive introduction of direct, mostly widebody international air services from Durban by major carriers, we now have direct access to a wide range of worldwide destinations. This, and our policy of promoting local services where possible, is driving growth in our traffic,\u201d French concluded.
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