Munich Airport is growing in the cargo segment

Munich Airport can look back on a successful year in 2023 for freight traffic. According to data from the Association of German Commercial Airports (ADV), Munich Airport was the only one of the larger German airports to record growth in the transport of freight in 2023. With a volume of 284.000 tons, the airport registered an increase of 6,6 percent compared to the previous year, while the overall German volume fell by 7,1 percent.

A significant share of this is made up of additional cargo, i.e. goods that are transported in the cargo hold of passenger aircraft. In Munich, this share even rose by 11 percent. The direct connections to China, which have been offered again since the middle of last year, the new route to Bangalore in southern India and the route to Taipei, which is flown four times a week, have also been extremely well received, especially by the strong Bavarian export industry.

The boom in freight volumes will continue in 2024: In January, an increase in freight volumes of 6,5 percent was recorded compared to the same month last year, and in February it was 10,8 percent. Overall, the amount of freight in Munich is now almost 90 percent of the pre-Corona level.

The supply of freight capacity will continue to increase in the current year. New routes to Seattle, Johannesburg and Vietnam as well as additional flight frequencies - including to Beijing and Osaka - offer industrial and logistics companies in the Munich Airport catchment area additional opportunities to load directly via Munich.

The cargo area of ​​Munich Airport particularly scores points with its fast turnaround times thanks to its efficient infrastructure, which enables goods to be transported quickly to the aircraft thanks to short routes. This infrastructure is currently continuing to grow: DHL Express plans to put a new building into operation for cargo handling in the summer. The airport also has sufficient space for future expansions in the cargo area.