Airports

Sheremetyevo Handles 226,000 Tonnes of Cargo and Mail in Nine Months

Total cargo volume through Sheremetyevo decreased by 12.4% during the first nine months of 2020 compared to the same period in 2019. At the same time, owing to the decrease in international cargo transportation in that period (-16.8% compared to the previous year), while the volume of domestic flights remained at the level of 2019 (+ 0.3%).

Before the COVID-19 pandemic, the bulk of cargo at Sheremetyevo Airport was carried on passenger flights, with cargo airlines handling about 30%. With the decrease in passenger traffic, more than 70% of the airport’s cargo turnover in the second and third quarters of 2020 was from cargo flights and cargo-only flights. The airport was able to offset the decrease in the number of international passenger flights by interacting effectively with cargo existing carriers and attracting new airlines operating cargo charter flights.

The flow of international transfer cargo via passenger aircraft decreased by 62.8% in the first nine months of 2020 compared to the same period in 2019, while the volume of imports on international air lines increased by 14.9%. This was primarily due to an increase in the volume of medical goods delivered to Russia. From April through September, Moscow Cargo handled about 12,000 tonnes of imported medical cargo, 1.5 times more than for the same period last year. The volume of exports increased by 1.5% in the first nine months of 2020 compared to 2019.

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