Frankfurt Airport (FRA) — Europe's busiest cargo hub — continued its growth trend year-on-year in July.

Fraport, which operates Frankfurt Airport, said Frankfurt's cargo volumes, comprising airfreight and airmail, increased 5% compared to the same period in 2023 to 172 741 metric tons.

This is, however, lower month-on-month when the airport handled 178,324 metric tons in June, which was 11.4% higher year-on-year.

In May, the airport recorded 171,353 metric tons, which was also 9.9% higher than the year-ago level. In April, Frankfurt saw 171,501 metric tons of cargo and in March, the volume reached 178,898 metric tons.

[Source: Fraport]

"FRA's cargo throughput, comprising airfreight and airmail, grew by 5.0 percent year-on-year to 172,741 metric tons in July 2024," Fraport said.

For July, the number of aircraft movements remained almost unchanged from the same month last year, with 40,515 takeoffs and landings, down 0.3%.

Maximum takeoff weights, or MTOWs, rose slightly by 0.6 percent year-on-year to about 2.5 million metric tons.

Meanwhile, the airport mentioned that long-haul passenger traffic saw ongoing strong demand particularly to and from the US. In the Far East, traffic to and from China rebounded dynamically by 35.5% year-on-year, which would have carried some of the cargo in the bellyhold.