European airlines carried 4% more cargo last month thanks to good growth on intercontinentalroutes, the latest monthly figures from the Association of European Airlines (AEA) showed. The
figures include parcel shipments carried as bellyhold freight but exclude mail.The 4% rise in freight traffic on the 31 AEA member airlines included a 4.4% increase onroutes outside Europe, which make up the bulk of air freight traffic.
The major market, Asia Pacific, showed a 1.6% rise in traffic, while the North Atlantic, thesecond-largest trade lane, generated growth of 4.5%. South America showed a 14.6% rise whilesub-Saharan Africa traffic grew by 15.2%. Traffic within Europe was down by 1.8%.
Over the first seven months of 2007, total freight traffic for AEA airlines is up by 2.2%,with Asia showing a 0.7% drop and North America up by 3.2%.
