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Aug 13, 2014 (newstodate): Freight volumes through Uzbekistan's Navoi International Airport through the second quarter of 2014 were again on the increase.
A total of 7,188 tonnes of cargo was handled, a growth over last year by 37.1 percent.
The airport is focusing on serving as a hub for Europe-Asia flights, capitalizing on its geographical advantage of being within six hours flights from cargo hubs such as Frankfurt, Milan, Dubai, Delhi, Shanghai and Incheon.
Cargo traffic through Navoi include 11 weekly rotations by Korean Air Cargo on routes from Incheon, Milan, Tel Aviv and Basel, as well as 18 weekly rotations on routes operated by Uzbekistan Airways to Delhi, Dubai, Frankfurt and Tianjin, as well cargo charter flights to Hamburg.
The airport's cargo terminal, commissioned on August 12, 2010, has an annual capacity of handling up to 100,000 tonnes and provides a vital element in the plan to set up an international logistics center at Navoi as contained in the MoU between Uzbekistan Airways and Korean Air, signed in February 2008.
A total of 7,188 tonnes of cargo was handled, a growth over last year by 37.1 percent.
The airport is focusing on serving as a hub for Europe-Asia flights, capitalizing on its geographical advantage of being within six hours flights from cargo hubs such as Frankfurt, Milan, Dubai, Delhi, Shanghai and Incheon.
Cargo traffic through Navoi include 11 weekly rotations by Korean Air Cargo on routes from Incheon, Milan, Tel Aviv and Basel, as well as 18 weekly rotations on routes operated by Uzbekistan Airways to Delhi, Dubai, Frankfurt and Tianjin, as well cargo charter flights to Hamburg.
The airport's cargo terminal, commissioned on August 12, 2010, has an annual capacity of handling up to 100,000 tonnes and provides a vital element in the plan to set up an international logistics center at Navoi as contained in the MoU between Uzbekistan Airways and Korean Air, signed in February 2008.