Cargo growth thus far in 2015 at Brussels Airport is up by almost 10 percent over the same period in 2014. For the period beginning in January and ending in June, total cargo volume at BRU this year reached 245,000 tonnes, versus 223,000 tonnes at the same point in 2014. June 2015, alone, saw a 16 percent increase, year-over-year, with 43,000 tonnes moving through BRU, compared to 37,000 tonnes in June 2014.
Belly cargo remained the same at approximately 12,000 tonnes in June, but full-freighter loads jumped 41.6 percent June 2015, year-over-year (13,726 tonnes vs. 9,600 tonnes in June 2014), with integrator loads increasing 12.4 percent, from 15,283 to 17,200 tonnes.
The freighter increases are credited to the arrival last year of new full-freighter airlines to BRU, including Ethiopian Airways, Qatar Cargo, Yangtze River Express and KF Aerospace, which just began its general cargo operations in May. DHL’s continued growth also contributed to the airport’s success, BRU said.