Schiphol cargo tonnage grows 8.8% in first half

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Air Cargo tonnages through Amsterdam Airport Schiphol continued to build throughout the second quarter of 2014, leading to overall growth of 8.84% in the year to date.

In the period January-June, Schiphol handled a total of 801,700 tonnes. Schiphol’s cargo throughput has outstripped 2013 in every month of 2014, reaching a peak increase of 14.1% in May.

Asia was once again the airport’s top market, with a total of 304,872 tonnes ? up 8.3%, and supplying 38% of the total. North America ...