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Oct 09, 2013 (newstodate): Cargo volumes continue to soar at Latvia's Riga Airport.
In September 2013, the airport handled a total of 5,523 tonnes of cargo, an increase by 123.2 percent, y-o-y.
This brought the total volume so far into 2013 to 39,201 tonnes, up 55.2 percent, y-o-y.
The sustained growth in volumes started in April 2012 when freighter flights by US carriers National Air Cargo and Kalitta Air were launched to fly supplies from Riga to the ISAF forces in Afghanistan, with up to three daily Boeing 747-400F flights on the route.
In September 2013, the airport handled a total of 5,523 tonnes of cargo, an increase by 123.2 percent, y-o-y.
This brought the total volume so far into 2013 to 39,201 tonnes, up 55.2 percent, y-o-y.
The sustained growth in volumes started in April 2012 when freighter flights by US carriers National Air Cargo and Kalitta Air were launched to fly supplies from Riga to the ISAF forces in Afghanistan, with up to three daily Boeing 747-400F flights on the route.