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Jun 08, 2023 (newstodate): Cargo volumes handled at Finland's Helsinki Airport grew positively in May 2023, rising 3.1 percent, y-o-y, to 15,142 tonnes.
   The cargo and mail volume in May was also 9.6 percent above the preceding month - and the largest volume handled in one month so far into 2023.
   The growth was generated by international cargo, accruing to 14,983 tonnes and growing by 9.5 percent, y-o-y.
   However, in January-May 2023 Helsinki Airport is still trailing 9.2 percent in total volumes after the same period in 2022.
   The sustained positive rebound in cargo volumes is a result of the gradual return of traffic by Finnair on routes to Asia, the increased focus on traffic to NAM as well as the flights to Doha in cooperation with Qatar Airways that has suspended its own flights on the route, leaving the daily traffic to Finnair from December 15, 2022.  
   Growth is also expected to be seen after the Chinese carrier Juneyao Airlines increased frequency from two to four weekly rotations from May 22, 2023, on the route connecting Shanghai and Helsinki in addition to their weekly rotation on the route connecting Zhengzhou and Helsinki.