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Dec 12, 2011 (newstodate): Relying on CASS statistics only when comparing air cargo fluctuations over the years may be misleading.
-We are certainly seeing cargo volumes down in 2011, compared to last year, but there may be more to it than figures reveal, says Alexander Kohnen, Lufthansa Cargo director Nordic and Baltic.
-According to CASS statistics in 2011 for Sweden, volumes are drastically down, year-on-year. But 2010 was actually an unusual year with extraordinarily high volumes of aluminum products from SAAB and iron products from H�gan�s. Lufthansa Cargo topped the IATA CASS top-10 list during March, June and July - but these products were not in the market in 2011 at all, so by comparison this year falls behind in volumes.
-Another case is Denmark where one carrier topped the list in October 2011 with an increase by 227,9 percent, y-o-y. Behind this was an exceptional export of 1,200 tonnes of Danish sand by air to the oil producing industry in the Gulf!
-A one-off event like this will immediately transform into a significant statistical fact, but the long-term, over-all picture may be blurred, says Mr Kohnen.
-We are certainly seeing cargo volumes down in 2011, compared to last year, but there may be more to it than figures reveal, says Alexander Kohnen, Lufthansa Cargo director Nordic and Baltic.
-According to CASS statistics in 2011 for Sweden, volumes are drastically down, year-on-year. But 2010 was actually an unusual year with extraordinarily high volumes of aluminum products from SAAB and iron products from H�gan�s. Lufthansa Cargo topped the IATA CASS top-10 list during March, June and July - but these products were not in the market in 2011 at all, so by comparison this year falls behind in volumes.
-Another case is Denmark where one carrier topped the list in October 2011 with an increase by 227,9 percent, y-o-y. Behind this was an exceptional export of 1,200 tonnes of Danish sand by air to the oil producing industry in the Gulf!
-A one-off event like this will immediately transform into a significant statistical fact, but the long-term, over-all picture may be blurred, says Mr Kohnen.