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Strong air cargo growth at Brussels Airport

Since 2019 we have recorded a strong and sustained growth in air cargo volumes at Brussels Airport which continued through the year 2021.

 

Outperforming average growth rates within Europe, Brussels Airport has increased its market share. 

 

In spite of this strong growth, the cargo operations continued to run smoothly, without congestion or additional waiting times. This great achievement over the past few years is only possible thanks to the strong collective performance of the entire Brussels Airport cargo community, with integrators, forwarders, handlers, airlines, truckers and all other stakeholders contributing. This outcome is also the result of the investments made in the expansion of our first line capacity by delivering new buildings such as Brucargo West and the new Swissport Cargo handling building, and as a community, in standardizing and digitizing various operational processes into the open data sharing platform BRUcloud. Decades of experience in complex airside operations within the workforce at the various partner companies at Brussels Airport and the ability to adapt and continuously improve the processes largely contribute to the smooth running of operations.

 

In the full-freighter segment, Brussels Airport is seeing growth among almost all existing customers with routes from Asia and North America as main contributors to the additional growth, followed by Africa. The transport of Covid-19 vaccines is also a major contributor, with more than 800 million vaccines handled at Brussels Airport since the start of the vaccine shipments in November 2020.

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Vaccine transport: over 850 million vaccines handled at Brussels Airport

The transports of Covid-19 vaccines to and from Brussels Airport continues, with over 850 million vaccines handled at the airport to date.


From the very first flight with Covid-vaccines worldwide departing at Brussels Airport on 27 November 2020 until now, we have ensured a smooth supply for vaccination programs worldwide thanks to our great cooperation and expertise with all partners at BRUcargo. And it is not only import and export, currently, we handle many vaccine transfer flights from China with Sinovac or Sinopharm vaccines, using Brussels Airport as a hub to transport their vaccines to South America or Africa. Next to that, we also see many vaccine flights to Africa for the COVAX-programme carrying vaccine donations from EU member states.

And the winner is.. Brussels Airport!

Our accomplishments of the past months have not gone unnoticed, resulting in BAC being awarded on several occasions.

First one was the Air Cargo News awards, where Brussels Airport and its community was awarded twice in addition to the honourable mention for Pharmaceutical Excellence.

 

- Brussels Airport in the category Cargo Hub of the Year
- Brussels Airport high recommendation for                      Pharmaceutical Excellence
 - Air Cargo Belgium in the category Innovation Award Digital

 

Secondly, the nomination for Best Airport of the Year at the Payload Asia Award.

 

Finally, the Asia Cargo News – Aflas award, where we took home the Best Airport in Europe award

"Big applause for our Brussels Airport cargo team and the whole cargo community’, says Geert Aerts, Director Cargo & Logistics at Brussels Airport!“ Incredible proud of the recognition for the hard work, collaboration and teamwork of our community and our chosen strategy to excel as the leading pharma gateway and innovating in digital solutions within the market of e-commerce, live animals and perishables.”

Hongyuan Group - Inauguration at BRUcargo
Strategic partnership with Brussels Airport as their new European headquarters

In Brucargo, Brussels Airport’s logistics zone, the new logistics warehouse for the Hongyuan Group has been inaugurated. Hongyuan Group is a Chinese cross-border trade integrated service provider and has chosen Brussels Airport as the strategic location for their new European Headquarters. This long-term lease will not only expand the Hongyuan network but also strengthens Brussels Airport’s connectivity to Asia. The collaboration as strategic partners has been sealed by the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding.

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