Heathrow Airport saw a 2.1 per cent
year-on-year rise in cargo volumes to
741,847 tonnes in the first half of the
year, driven by increases in cargo from
emerging markets. Since July 2014,
Heathrow has processed 1.5 million
tonnes, a year-on-year uplift of 4.3 per
cent. Over the past year volumes rose
by 44 per cent to Mexico, 24.4 per cent
to Turkey, 19.7 per cent to Brazil, 11.5
per cent to India, 6.9 per cent to North
America and 2.8 per cent to China.