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Freight up 168 percent at Kent Airport
25.11.07
Kent International Airport (Manson) handled 4173 tonnes of freight in October - a new record for the airport since Infratil's acquisition in 2005. This represents an increase of 164% on the prior year and 232% on the September total.
The growth was driven primarily by the introduction of daily MK Airlines services, along with consistent traffic from other regular customers and the arrival of a new customer at the airport: Rock-it Cargo.
Rock-it specialise in the shipping of band and stage equipment for global concert tours. A spokesman for the airport said that this is an area of the business with good future potential given the flexible facilities, lack of congestion and the airport's highly committed team.
Rock-it used the airport for two 747 charters during October and more movements are planned for later in the year.