News / Interview: Schiphol's Joost van Doesburg on slot issues and integrated cargo

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Despite a modest decline in tonnage last month, Amsterdam Schiphol (AMS) is outperforming most of its peers in what is a subdued air cargo market, according to a senior executive at the Netherlands air hub.

Throughput was down 3.4% in September, compared with the same month in 2022, to 117,325 tonnes, largely the result of weak North American imports and exports and a mixed performance on key Far East tradelanes.

Joost van Doesburg, AMS’s head of cargo, told The Loadstar: “We are ...