New edition of the Air Cargo Monitor
Published on: 22 March 2022
This edition of the Air Cargo Monitor presents direct and indirect employment figures and added value, for the year 2019. In drawing up these figures, a detailed study was conducted into the relationship between businesses and the air cargo function of Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, with a view to making it possible to attribute employment at the investigated companies fully, partially or not to Schiphol, as a cargo airport. This study was conducted by Erasmus UPT among companies categorised as falling within the geographical and sectoral demarcation of Schiphol.
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While the volume of air cargo at Schiphol fell by more than 8.5% in 2019 as compared with 2018, the number of persons directly employed in the Schiphol region demonstrated a decline of just 2.5%, from 13,480 (2018) to 13,143 (2019). Direct added value also fell from €1.36 billion to €1.31 billion (a fall of 3.8%). The decline in 2019 is the consolidated outcome of declines in the sector’s storage and service provision for transport and road transport, whereas postal and courier service companies showed a slight rise.