Cargo growth remains flat at Singapore Changi

Cargo movements at Singapore Changi Airport remained little changed in October  compared to a year earlier, with 163,100 tonnes of cargo uplifted in October, an increase of 0.4 per cent year-on-year. While the overall cargo handled at Changi remained relatively unchanged year-on-year, transhipment cargo increased 11.3 per cent during the month. For the first nine months this year up to end-September, Changi has handled 1.38 million tonnes of cargo.

 New cargo services include Lufthansa Cargo’s new freighter service at Changi from October. Using an 89 tonne capacity MD-11F aircraft, the German cargo carrier operates twice-weekly services to Frankfurt with stops in Cairo, Dhaka, Mumbai, New Delhi and Sharjah. Singapore Airlines Cargo also introduced a new service to Frankfurt which includes stops in Bengaluru, Chennai and Sharjah.