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Nov 20, 2015 (newstodate): While passenger volumes are rising fast at Iceland's Keflavik Airport, cargo growth is more moderate but still on the positive side.
-During the first 10 months of 2015 the airport has seen cargo volumes up 4.4 percent, y-o-y, says Gretar Mar Gardarsson, Isavia Project manager, Business & Route Development.
-Transfer cargo volumes are negligible, but imports were 11,752 and export volumes accrued to 24,857 tonnes during January-October 2015 summing up to 36,609 tonnes.
-The total cargo volumes these years are still a far cry from the booming years prior to the crisis, with the record set in 2006 with 61,819 tonnes.
-Then we experienced huge drops in 2008 and 2009, while starting to see some growth again between 2010 and 2011.
-For the past four years, the average growth has been around four percent annually, and our prediction for next year will still be at the same level, says Mr Gardarsson.
Under its previous management, Icelandair Cargo still focused on building up transfer cargo between Europe and USA, but the strategy now and since the outbreak of the crisis has been to focus on cargo to and from Iceland, retreating from the transfer cargo market.
-During the first 10 months of 2015 the airport has seen cargo volumes up 4.4 percent, y-o-y, says Gretar Mar Gardarsson, Isavia Project manager, Business & Route Development.
-Transfer cargo volumes are negligible, but imports were 11,752 and export volumes accrued to 24,857 tonnes during January-October 2015 summing up to 36,609 tonnes.
-The total cargo volumes these years are still a far cry from the booming years prior to the crisis, with the record set in 2006 with 61,819 tonnes.
-Then we experienced huge drops in 2008 and 2009, while starting to see some growth again between 2010 and 2011.
-For the past four years, the average growth has been around four percent annually, and our prediction for next year will still be at the same level, says Mr Gardarsson.
Under its previous management, Icelandair Cargo still focused on building up transfer cargo between Europe and USA, but the strategy now and since the outbreak of the crisis has been to focus on cargo to and from Iceland, retreating from the transfer cargo market.