News / Air cargo through Europe's major hubs still short of pre-pandemic levels

29/08/2023

Air cargo throughput at some of Europe’s biggest hubs continues to fall well short of of pre-pandemic levels – an indication that the market remains stagnant, or at best is slowly recovering.

Throughput of airfreight and airmail last month at Frankfurt (FRA), Europe’s biggest air cargo hub, exceeded the July 2022 level by 2.3%, reaching 164,503 tonnes, but mainly due to measures to reduce freighter capacity last year.

And airport operator Fraport said the figure was “significantly below the July average over ...