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Air Cargo: Monterrey, Caracas Gain

Mexican airports among the top cargo winners and Brazilian airports among top losers.
Monterrey's Mariano Escobedo airport is the fastest-growing cargo airport in Latin America. (Photo: OMA)
 

BY LBC STAFF

 

Airports in Monterrey, Caracas and Buenos Aires were among the fastest-growing in cargo traffic in Latin America last year, according to a Latin Business Chronicle analysis based on data from Swiss-based Airports Council International (ACI).

 

Cargo traffic at Monterrey (MTY), the 20th-largest cargo airport in Latin America, grew 42.4 percent to 48,710 metric tons. Meanwhile, traffic at Caracas (CCS), the 14th-largest cargo airport, grew 39.6 percent to 85,655 metric tons.  And at the Aeroparque Jorge Newbery in Buenos Aires (AEP), the 34th-largest cargo airport, traffic grew 38.3 percent to 18,945 metric tons. The three were among the top five winners in Latin American cargo growth last year, our analysis shows.

 

All in all, cargo reached ...

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Keywords: Buenos Aires, Caracas, Congonhas, Guarulhos, Lima, Monterrey, Puerto Plata, Santiago

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