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Apr 08, 2021 (newstodate): All-cargo flight operations play a key role in the current Covid-19 times at Latvia's Riga Airport.
The volume of all-cargo flights has thus increased by 49 percent, y-o-y, to 245 movements in March 2021 alone - and by 43 percent, y-o-y, to 662 during Q1, 2021.
Cargo volumes on these cargo-dedicated operations is thus up by 117 percent in March 2021, to 1,872 tonnes, and by 75 percent to 4,50 tonnes in Q1/2021.
But due to the low number of passenger flights, belly cargo is down by 38 percent, y-o-y, in March 2021 to a mere 411 tonnes, and by 60 percent to 1,205 tonnes during January-March 2021.