Hong Kong Air Cargo Terminals Limited (Hactl) announced that its tonnage throughput for the first nine months of the year was 1,624,116 tonnes, representing a cumulative year-on-year drop of 16.3 per cent. September tonnage further stabilised with a total of 212,391 tonnes handled, registering a milder drop of 4.3 per cent year-on-year, said Hactl in a statement.

Tonnage performance in the third quarter also showed clear improvement compared with last quarter, with a total of 620,358 tonnes handled, down 6.3 per cent year-on-year.

“Further to the stabilising tonnage, we are delighted to see our commencement of partnerships with four new customers that launched new services to Hong Kong in the third quarter. This certainly instills great confidence in the market and we are thankful to the vote of confidence in Hactl by our customers,” said Lilian Chan, general manager of Marketing and Customer Service of Hactl, adding that she was hopeful of a pre-Christmas peak.