EU air cargo volumes remained buoyant into the month of November, with exceptions such as Frankfurt reflecting a pilot\u2019s strike, rather than long-term downturns.
\nIn the UK, Heathrow\u2019s cargo volumes rose 4.4 percent year-on-year (y-o-y) making it Britain\u2019s largest port, with almost 30 percent of UK exports by value. Heathrow did brisk trade with China, up 10.6 percent, Turkey up 10.4 percent, Mexico up 7.3 percent and Brazil up 5.6 percent. The airport\u2019s CEO, John Holland-Kaye used the opportunity to promote the controversial third runway, saying that, \u201csince the Government\u2019s backing of a third runway, we\u2019ve put a team in place that will help us to deliver the benefits of expansion as quickly as possible.\u201d
\nAcross the channel, Germany\u2019s largest aviation hub floundered as Lufthansa pilots walked off the job, grounding thousands of flights. November cargo fell 2.1 percent y-o-y to 191,461 tonnes. That said, yearly volumes are still up 1.3 percent over 2015, suggesting that November\u2019s slump has more to do with labor issues that with systemic matters. The airport said that, \u201cthe strike and an unfavorable timing of weekends and weekdays,\u201d were to blame.
\nBrussels Airport continued its rapid recovery into November with cargo flights increasing 18 percent to 1,341. Belly cargo was down 11.4 percent but a 55.5 percent increase in full freighter volumes and a further 8.5 percent in integrator capacity more than offset the decline. Total cargo moved in the month was 45,564 tonnes.
\nBarring any further disruptions, Europe\u2019s major airports are on track for an aggregate improvement in cargo volumes in a year where observers fretted about a slowing economy in China and Brexit, to name just a few consternations.
\nACI Europe, which represents 500 airports in 45 European countries noted that Freight traffic across Europe jumped by 8.7 percent in October, making it the best monthly performance since May 2011. The organization also pointed to double- and even triple-digit growth at some of the trade bloc\u2019s smaller airports, many in Eastern Europe, as evidence that air freight was stronger than expected.
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