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Friday, July 23, 2021

Amsterdam Airport Schiphol freight figures improve year-on-year

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 Amsterdam Airport Schiphol freight figures improve year-on-year



According to a recent announcement by Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, they airport made a good progress in the first half of this year. It processed 837,671 tonnes of cargo in the first six months of 2021, which is up 27.7 percent on last year, with freighter flights up 23.5 percent. 

In the first six months of 2020, there has been an increase in the inbound freight tonnage by around 29.5 percent and outbound up 25.7 percent. Pre-pandemic cargo figures for the first six months of 2019 were 385,319 tonnes for inbound and 382,200 tonnes for outbound cargo.

Full freighter flights for the first six months of 2021 were up 23.5 percent year-on-year at 12,691 flights, with bellyhold flights down 30.6 percent at 73,346 flights.

Pre-pandemic figures for the first half of 2019 were 412,372 tonnes carried on 6,938 full freighter flights and 355,147 tonnes carried on 235,169 passenger flights.

Schiphol has been facing capacity shortages for freighters due to slot restrictions and airport is working to resolve the situation with the Dutch Government and cargo community.

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