February 07, 2006

US China Air Cargo May be Optimized by Using Sweden as Hub

Sweden – Destination ranking ex Sweden October 2005

Sweden may handle an increasing amount of in-transit air cargo volume between the US and China by serving as a consolidation hub. As can be seen by the data below, Sweden air cargo exports to US cities such as Chicago, New York, Atlanta, and Los Angeles reached over 15,000 tonnes between January and October 2005**. Chinese airlines handling US bound cargo may benefit by using Swedish airports such as Arlanda since they will be able to maximize their loads going to and from the US.

Ranking	Destination	Tonnage Oct 05	Cum Jan-Oct (Tonnes)
1	CHI	600	5800
2	NYC	530	4860
3	TYO	407	3380
4	SHA	318	3060
5	ATL	310	1880
6	YYZ	280	2590
7	HHK	250	2240
8	JNB	250	2110
9	LAX	240	2700
10	DFW	210	1750

(Source: The LFV Group - Swedish Airports and Air Navigation Services 12-12-05)

** CASS only covers roughly ~60% of the market. Destination ranking shifts from month/month. Air China, China Southern, China Eastern, Dragonair, Cathay Pacific, EVA Air and China Airlines are not reporting volumes to CASS Scandinavia. This means obviously that the CASS data for China (including Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan) is less reliable.

30 largest destinations in October 2005, and estimates of cumulated January-October figures according to CASS in tonnes (ranked in size October 2005)

by Dustin Mattison

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