Nabilah Safira
TechInAfrica – The World Airport Traffic Report released by Airports Council has chosen Jomo Kenyatta International Airports as the second-fastest in the world, as revealed by the report. According to it, the traffic of the airport had grown by 25.6 percent after sending out more than 250,000 metric tons of air cargo in 2018. Also in the same year, the airport handled more than 342,000 metric tons of air cargo, which gives out a 25 percent growth from the numbers in 2017.
The report highlights the top airports for passengers, cargo, and aircraft movements, and showcases the world’s fastest-growing airports for 2018. The Kenyan airport secured the second place, which first place throned by Rockford, an air cargo hub in the United States that handled more than 250,000 metric tons of air cargo. The US cargo hub was ranked the fastest growing airport in 2018 as the e-commerce for online retail giant Amazon, while Hong Kong International Airport, Memphis International Airport, Shanghai Pudong International Airport, Incheon International Airport, and Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport lead total cargo volumes respectively.
Kenya Airports Authority (KAA) attributed the rapid growth to a substantial increase in air cargo traffic to and from Europe, Asia, America, and due to the recent additions to China and Australia. It highlighted that its improvement in the global field was possible because of the transformation in the air cargo management and also the active involvement of the public and private sectors.
“The construction of several modern transits sheds at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport has seen the airport’s overall cargo grow to 1.2million tons annually. This is an exciting time for Kenya, the face of cargo is changing, and we are positioning JKIA as the premier cargo distribution center for online commerce companies in the region,” Jonny Anderson, the KAA CEO added.
Source: Weetracker.com
