Tbilisi Airpot cargo volume up 2% in January-August
Between January and August 2021 the number stood at 11,502,897 tonnes, while in 2020 it was recorded at 11,009,001 tonnes. The 2019 cargo volume that passed through the airport was 16,139,060 tonnes. Photo: Tbilisi and Batumi International Airports/Facebook page.
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The volume of cargo passing through Tbilisi International Airport between January-August reached 11,778,873 tonnes, a two percent increase compared to the same period of 2021, operator TAV Georgia said on Friday.
The company also said the figure marked a 27 percent decrease compared to the same period in the pre-pandemic year of 2019.
Between January and August 2021 the number stood at 11,502,897 tonnes, while in 2020 it was recorded at 11,009,001 tonnes. The 2019 cargo volume that passed through the airport was 16,139,060 tonnes.
Camex Airlines, a new Georgian cargo airline company described as a “Georgian-American product”, will become the first air freight company in the country to operate on a transcontinental route, the United States Embassy to Georgia announced on Monday.
The air freight market in Georgia shrunk by three percent between January-April compared to the same period of last year, local online media outlet avianews.ge has reported.
Georgian cargo turnover amounted to 42.3 million tonnes in 2019 which is 1.2 million tonnes more compared to 2018, show data from the Ministry of Economy.
An inter-agency Air Cargo Control Unit was launched at Tbilisi International Airport to ensure the free flow of legitimate air cargo and avoid illegal and prohibited commodities.