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Shanghai Pudong International Airport climbed the ranks as the world's sixth largest airport in terms of cargo traffic last year, said the city's airport authority yesterday.
Pudong Airport moved up two notches to the sixth spot from a year before on the list issued by the Airports Council International in early March, Eastday.com reported today.
The airport loaded 2,159,321 tons of freight and mail in 2006, a jump of 16.3 percent from a year before.
"The Pudong airport ranked No. 3 in Asia in terms of freight and mail volume," Su Weiwei, a Shanghai Airport official, said in a previous report.
Almost 90 percent of the total cargo was flying to or from a foreign country or region, growing by 31.7 percent from 2005.
Express delivery giants United Parcel Service Inc and DHL have signed agreements with Shanghai airport to build global and north Asia hubs at the Pudong airfield to further boost the freight volume.