Annual Report 2008 (pdf) - Flughafen München

Business divisions
Ground Handling
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Cargo business falters
In contrast to the growth in the passenger sector,
the cargo volume as a whole, comprising flown air
freight and air mail, dropped by 2.2 percent to
around 260,000 metric tons. The average cargo
volume handled per day in 2008 was 661 tons,
down from 688 tons in 2007.
Traffic figures for commercial airports in Germany 1992 – 2008
Mean annual growth rate
10 %
MUC
ADV (German Airports Association) excl. MUC
7.6%
Although cargo figures for the first few months
of the year set new records, volumes shrank
rapidly toward yearend, reflecting just how
sensitive the cargo sector is to large-scale global
economic turbulence of the kind that began in
the summer of 2008.
Bellyhold freight at 80 percent
In 2008, the air cargo volume totaled approximately
242,000 tons, down 3.6 percent on a year earlier.
The primary mode of transportation remained
unchanged, with around 80 percent of air cargo
still carried as bellyhold freight in passenger aircraft,
compared to 20 percent on dedicated freight
services.
Air mail on the ascent
The positive trend evident in air mail in 2007
rapidly gained momentum in 2008, presumably
because a proportion of the mail and goods
shipments formerly carried by express services is
now being shipped increasingly as air mail: Munich
Airport handled 17,700 tons of air mail, up almost
22 percent year on year.
Cargo in 2008: Recordbreaking
figures followed
by a swift downturn
Eighty percent of air
cargo is carried on passenger
services
5 %
4.2%
0 %
Flown cargo (commercial traffic)