PACTL posts 13% traffic uplift in May

PACTL posts 13% traffic uplift in May

The Shanghai Pudong International Airport Cargo Terminal Co (PACTL) handled 154,319 tonnes in May, up 13 per cent on the same month last year.

This was PACTL’s second strongest month of the year so far and in May it handled 88,847 tonnes of outbound freight (+9.6 per cent) and 65,471 tonnes of inbound traffic (+18.1 per cent).

In the month, international cargo made up 145,766 tonnes of the total and domestic cargo 8,553 tonnes.

In the first five month of 2017, PACTL has handled 718,448 tonnes, of which 407,858 was outbound cargo (+ 8.9 per cent) and 310,590 inbound (+18.1 per cent) and the five-month total was up by 11.7 per cent.

PACTL handled 158,490 tonnes in March (+11.4 per cent), 152,411 tonnes in April (+9.6 per cent), 114,387 tonnes in February (+22.8 per cent) and 138,841 tonnes in January (+4.9 per cent).

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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.

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