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Top 20 cargo airports: Fragile but resilient
The 2026 ACI World Airport Traffic Dataset was released in July, revealing which were the top 20 cargo airports in 2025 and considering the dynamics behind the results. Data for 2025 indicates that total global air cargo volumes increased by 3.3% over 2024 volumes, and by 7.4% compared 2019, to 131m tonnes. Earlier in the
Top 20 cargo airports: Fragile but resilient
Air Cargo News outlines a ranking of the world’s top 20 cargo airports, highlighting their ongoing importance to the international airfreight and logistics sector. The piece emphasizes resilience in the face of evolving global trade and operational challenges.
The report situates the airports within a broad context of industry developments, including shifts among airlines, freight forwarders, and ground handling services, as well as the overall supply chain landscape. It underlines how these hubs support a wide range of airport, airline, and logistics activities.
While the article is framed around cargo airport performance and role, it does not provide specific details on individual airports, their rankings, or metrics in the supplied material. It focuses on the concept of resilience and the fragile yet enduring nature of cargo operations at major hubs.
Air Cargo News, established in 1983, positions itself as a source for news, insights, and data relevant to the international airfreight and logistics sector, including developments across airports and related services. The publication’s scope covers the global industry through its various platforms.