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Jan 19, 2021 (newstodate): 2020 was a disastrous year in the aviation business - air cargo not excluded.
   Air cargo statistics from eight leading Nordic airports share one characteristic: a decline in volumes through the year, compared to 2019.
   In Sweden, Stockholm Airport dipped 34.7 percent to 107,942 tonnes; Gothenburg Airport was down 27.8 percent to 46,254 tonnes, while Malmo Airport saw volumes down by 3.2 percent to 21,303 tonnes.
   In Denmark, Copenhagen Airport was down 35.3 percent to 223,343 tonnes, while Billund Airport dropped 9.8 percent in volumes to 67,151 tonnes.
   In Norway, Oslo Airport was down seven percent to 167,352 tonnes; in Finland, Helsinki Airport dropped 38.4 percent to 141,33 tonnes, while in Iceland volumes at Keflavik Airport declined by 9.8 percent to 49,220 tonnes.
   Copenhagen Airport thus retained its position as the region's largest cargo airport; but relying heavily on traffic by passenger aircraft with only limited freighter traffic the Covid-19 pandemic dealt a heavy blow to cargo, which was also the situation at Stockholm Airport.
   The over-all picture is, however, obscured by different ways of reporting air cargo.
   Avinor thus reports only flown cargo volumes, excluding trucked cargo which would change the picture entirely.
   No statistics covering the volume of trucked cargo through Oslo Airport are available, but in 2018 Avinor said that some 40 percent was flown cargo while another 60 percent was carried on trucks into other Nordic and continental European hubs for uplift.
   If the proportion were still valid, another around 200-250,000 tonnes would have left Oslo Airport on trucks during 2019, which is however not supported by data from Avinor.