Among other things, corona test kits and increased online trade brought Leipzig / Halle Airport further growth in the freight sector in July 2021. 133.873 tons were handled, 9,1 percent more than in the same month last year.

In the first seven months of the year, the volume rose by 18,9 percent to around 899.682 tons compared to the same period in the previous year. The significant growth in freight continued into the second half of the year, with more than 1,38 million tons of freight handled last year, a new record.

The airport is the world's largest hub for DHL and the first regional air freight center of Amazon Air in Europe. This makes the airport one of the most important hubs for express and e-commerce shipments. A total of 82 freight airlines head for the airport and serve a route network that includes over 271 destinations worldwide. The airport records up to 1.300 take-offs and landings in freight traffic every week.