Vienna Airport says its air freight business is picking up again significantly with 68,058 tonnes of imports and exports handled in the first quarter of 2024, a 16% year-on-year increase. Tonnage handled in the Pharma Handling Center in the first quarter also increased by 6.9% to 886 tonnes.
The increase was primarily due to a significant increases in belly cargo on passenger aircraft. The volume of belly cargo more than doubled, increasing by 52% to 27,131 tonnes, which more than compensated for a 12% decline in volumes for cargo-only aircraft (20,238 tonnes).