News / Why cargo-focused airports in the US outperform passenger gateways

The slump of the past 18 months has sent cargo throughput at most airports down, but those with a strong focus on cargo have fared better, a new study shows.

Cargo airports were soaring during the pandemic and subsequent supply chain disruption, but the drop in demand, coupled and rising bellyhold capacity was supposed to tilt the balance back to passenger gateways.

But this has not happened, at least in US domestic airfreight, according to a ...