ANNUAL REPORT ‘12
BUSINESS REVIEW
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other important air freight markets were the United
Arab Emirates, with more than 1,214 tonnes, plus
Belgium, which went up 4.4% in express cargo traffic,
and Mozambique (+14.1%), which appears to
have great potential.
Exports to Europe and Brazil actually grew (+1.950
tonnes), the decreases of 5.3% and 15.8% in air freight
being explained by lower volumes of imports and, at
the same time, a greater use of plane-trucks (in the
case of Europe).
Domestically, almost all the airfreight traffic is between
Lisbon and Porto, and between the mainland and the
Atlantic islands of the Azores and Madeira. Here the
drop was 5.6%, a consequence of the current budget
restrictions applied on the country as a whole, and an
increasing use of plane-trucks in the case of Lisbon and
Porto airports. The dockworkers’ strike in the main
Portuguese ports in late 2012, on the other hand,
helped attenuate this drop, when compared with the
first six months of the year.
Among the carriers, TAAG registered an impressive
growth of 87.1% year on year, capturing a market
share of 5.6% (+2.71 p.p.). Other positive year-on-
year performers were TNT (16.8%) and EAT (2.1%),
operator of the DHL integrator.
Emirates, as already mentioned, is a newcomer to
Operator
2012
Var. 2012/11
MS
1. TAP Transportes Aéreos Portugueses, S.A.
67,095
(5.9%)
44.3%
2. European Air Transport Leipzig GmbH
16,208
2.1%
10.7%
3. Star Air I/S
12,568
(1.1%)
8.3%
4. SATA Group
12,044
(19.1%)
7.9%
5. TAAG
8,533
87.1%
5.6%
Remaining
35,163
(10.2%)
23.2%
Total
151,610
(4.3%)
100.0%
(tonnes)
Lisbon airport, and it already holds a monthly market
share of around 2%.
The sluggish economic activity of the country and,
consequently, the drop in airfreight traffic, was evident
in the main national carriers: TAP Portugal and SATA
Group.
Meetings were held with clients and stakeholders in the
sector, and various national and international industry
events were used as settings to project the strong
position of our national airports for freight traffic, due to
Portugal’s central geographic position, globally speaking.
7.2.3_Handling
The ANA Group’s handling business, operated through
its subsidiary Portway, S.A. registered a decrease in
operations (number of aircraft serviced and tonnes
handled), influenced by the current context of the
economic and financial crisis of the country, servicing
more than 49 thousand aircraft and handling 60
thousand tonnes of cargo (1.2% and 12.2% lower
than 2011, respectively). The number of passengers
served grew by 3%.
An average employee rate of 1,332 FTE (full time
equivalent – 36 weekly hours) was used for this
performance in the main activity.
