Cargo up 10.3% at Manchester Airport
27.02.08
Manchester Airport is celebrating a strong year for its cargo business, with volumes increasing 10.3% to 166,500 tonnes. In an interview with International Freighting Weekly, the airport's cargo manager, Michael O'Connor, described the achievement as ‘incredible’ given that the UK market as a whole has seen little growth over the last 12 months.
He said: ‘While growth early in the year was modest, it was the momentum gained from the five new freighter services that we attracted from spring onwards that gave a significant boost to our volumes as the year progressed.’
Carriers starting new freighter services to Manchester last year included Chinese cargo airline Great Wall Airlines, Singapore-based cargo airline Jett8, FedEx Express, Air China Cargo and Aeroflot Cargo.
Add to: del.icio.us | Digg it | Newsvine | NowPublic | Reddit
To book manchester airport hotels or Manchester airport parking at the lowest price, click on these links to two great Manchester airport parking and Manchester airport hotels price comparison pages.
