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Amsterdam Airport Schiphol July passenger volumes down 6.4%

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July saw upwards of 4.5 million passengers travelling to, from or via Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, which is 6.4% down compared with the same month in 2008.

Cargo

More than 108,000 tonnes of cargo were transported in July, a decrease of 16.2% compared to the same month last year. More than 57,700 tonnes were carried by full freighters (a drop of 5.5% compared with July 2008) and over 50,600 tonnes by passenger aircraft (a fall of 23.8% compared with July 2008).

Air transport movements
July saw 36,666 commercial air transport movements, which represents a 7.8% fall compared with July 2008. The number of air transport movements carried out by passenger aircraft fell by 7.1%, while the number of cargo flights fell by 26.4%.

Punctuality
The number of on-time flights rose in July. Eighty-five percent of arrivals were on time (+7.6 percentage points relative to July 2008) while 75% of departures were on time (+12.4 percentage points relative to July 2008).