Personal protective equipment, medical devices and pharmaceuticals account for most of the increase in cargo volume at Johannesburg's OR Tambo International Airport.Johannesburg's OR Tambo International Airport facilitated 1,400 landing and departing cargo flights from a day before lockdown in March up to May 22, an increase of 62% over the comparable period in 2019.
Handling of air cargo has presented its own set of challenges. Ortia management said in April, the only completed month for which figures are available, the airport received 476 cargo flights compared with 294 cargo flights in April 2019.
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