In the opposite of passengers, flow of cargo in Viracopos has worse index in two years

Cargo handling at Viracopos International Airport in Campinas (SP) recorded the worst number of the last two years in the accumulated from January to July. According to data from the concessionaire airports Brazil, which manages the structure, were moved 126,300 tons in the terminal this year, lowest index since 2017, when they passed the undertaking 104,100 tons of goods in the period. The number of sevens months of 2019 is 3% less than the 130,600 tons of last year, when the airport had the best year of the concession history in the handling of loads. See in the chart below all load data from January to July from 2013, first full year of privatization and when the dealership began to disclose the statistics. The indexes correspond to import, export, household charges and express shipments. According to the concessionaire's data, the domestic cargo flow recorded an increase of 996% and went from 1900 tonnes to 21000 tonnes. International movements, which bring together exports and imports, fell from 128,600 to 105,200, which is equivalent to a fall of 18%. The concessionaire airports Brazil reported, in note, that the decrease in the volume of cargo is directly linked to the fall of the national gross domestic product (GDP). The Brazilian economy recorded a retraction of 0.13% in the second quarter of 2019, according to the Economic Activity index (IBC-Br), a kind of "previous" of GDP, published on Monday (12). "Another factor to explain this decline is that it reflects a trend presented worldwide, according to a study by the International Air Transport Association (IATA), the global demand for air cargo transportation (...) Fell 4.8% in June in relation to the same month of 2018, setting the eighth consecutive low on this basis of comparison ", says the text of the note.