News / Airfreight on the up as Mexico trends as favoured base for US traffic

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For an airport that is supposed to be bowing out of the cargo business, Benito Juárez (AICM), the chief gateway for the Mexican capital, is doing remarkably well.

The chronically congested airport clocked up 10% growth in cargo volume in the first half of the year over the same period in 2022.

Throughput reached 294,603 tons, driven by an 11.5% surge in international volumes, whereas domestic traffic expanded by a more modest 1.7%, to 42,996 tons.

AICM was supposed to see a contraction ...