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Feb 07, 2011 (newstodate): In 2010, Denmark's Copenhagen Airport saw its cargo volumes dipping by 0.9 percent, y-o-y.
A total of 309,236 tonnes of cargo was handled at the airport, securing its leading position in the Scandinavian air cargo world.
Totals include 41,603 tonnes of import cargo, unchanged against the preceding year, 53,580 tonnes of export cargo, up only six percent, while transfer cargo, 214,052 tonnes was down three percent.
-The absence of growth in the airport's cargo volumes in 2010 is, first of all, due to the steep decline in volumes generated by DHL as the company closed down its regional cargo hub in connection with the opening of its European hub in Leipzig in autumn 2010, says Lars Korup, Copenhagen Airport cargo manager.
-Only three or four years back, DHL Aviation generated 70-75,000 tonnes of cargo at the airport and the shortfall of these volumes is of course significant.
-If we delete these DHL-volumes from the actual performance in 2010, we have actually had an increase by some 10 percent.
-Another fact behind the performance in 2010, compared to 2009, is that we were comparatively little hit by the general decline in world cargo volumes through 2009. There is therefore less catch-up effect in 2010 than seen in other airports where volumes were down 25-30 percent in 2009, says Mr Korup.
A total of 309,236 tonnes of cargo was handled at the airport, securing its leading position in the Scandinavian air cargo world.
Totals include 41,603 tonnes of import cargo, unchanged against the preceding year, 53,580 tonnes of export cargo, up only six percent, while transfer cargo, 214,052 tonnes was down three percent.
-The absence of growth in the airport's cargo volumes in 2010 is, first of all, due to the steep decline in volumes generated by DHL as the company closed down its regional cargo hub in connection with the opening of its European hub in Leipzig in autumn 2010, says Lars Korup, Copenhagen Airport cargo manager.
-Only three or four years back, DHL Aviation generated 70-75,000 tonnes of cargo at the airport and the shortfall of these volumes is of course significant.
-If we delete these DHL-volumes from the actual performance in 2010, we have actually had an increase by some 10 percent.
-Another fact behind the performance in 2010, compared to 2009, is that we were comparatively little hit by the general decline in world cargo volumes through 2009. There is therefore less catch-up effect in 2010 than seen in other airports where volumes were down 25-30 percent in 2009, says Mr Korup.