Passengers up, cargo down for Asian carriers in 2011
- Published: 27/01/2012 at 02:33 AM
- Newspaper section: Business
Last year produced mixed results for airlines in the Asia-Pacific, with relatively strong growth in international passenger traffic but a downturn in transnational air cargo shipments.
The region's carriers including the likes of Thai Airways International and Singapore Airlines, carried 190 million passengers in 2011, up by 3.5% from 2010.
By contrast, air cargo, expressed in "freight tonne kilometres", dropped by 4.8% last year following a strong rebound in 2010, according to the preliminary figures released yesterday by the Association of Asia Pacific Airlines (AAPA).
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- Writer: Boonsong Kositchotethana
- Position: Deputy Editor Business
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