Not a good month for EU airfreight

December 17, 2019

European airport trade body, ACI EUROPE, has released its latest air traffic report for October 2019, measuring all of commercial aviation flights: full service, regionals, low cost and charter.

And it is not a good story for EU airfreight.

Freight traffic that month kept falling for the 12^th consecutive month at -2.6% (compared with -2.8% in September) while aircraft movements turned negative for the first time this year at -0.5%. As in preceding months, the downturn in freight traffic in October remained focused on EU airports (-3.4%), with non-EU airports still making gains (+1.4%).

Out of the top 10 European airports for freight, only two saw their traffic increase: Liège (+2.2%) and Luxembourg (+1.9%).

James Graham

James Graham is an award-winning transport media journalist with a long background in the commercial freight sector, including commercial aviation and the aviation supply chain. He was the initial Air Cargo Week journalist and retuned later for a stint as editor. He continues his association as editor of the monthly supplements. He has reported for the newspaper from global locations as well as the UK.