Amsterdam Airport Schiphol has seen a 2.6 per cent increase in cargo throughput, at 383,780 tonnes, during the third quarter of 2013, compared to the same time last year.
September in particular saw growth of 3.9 per cent at 130,631 tonnes compared to 2012, which brought the total amount of cargo throughput for the first nine months of this year to 1,120,389 tonnes.
But freight movements continued to decline, being down 0.2 per cent in September compared to the previous month, and 1.4 per cent compared to the same time last year.