Record Quarter at BUD Cargo

In spite of the global challenges caused by the pandemic, cargo traffic at Budapest Airport proved very strong in 2020. The airport handled 134,459 tons of air cargo last year and registered a record quarter at the end of 2020.

A statement by the airport management company Budapest Airport says that BUD Cargo City has been operating at full swing since January 2020 as a stronghold in the fight against the coronavirus pandemic. Preparations for the second phase of the cargo handling complex will begin already this year.

Cargo traffic at Budapest Airport proved very strong in 2020, in spite of the difficulties caused by the pandemic. Ferenc Liszt International Airport handled 6118 air cargo flights last year, 17.6% more than in 2019. Cargo volume thus reached 134,459 tons in 2020, registering just a 0.8% decrease from last year. Cargo traffic, anyhow flying high, surged even higher towards the end of the year. The 38,868 tons of air cargo transported in the last quarter of 2020 not only exceeded the volume handled during the same period of the previous year by 4.28%, but is also the strongest quarter ever in the life of BUD cargo.

Budapest Airport and the cargo handling complex operating from January 2020 called the BUD Cargo City functioned as a stronghold in the fight against the global pandemic. Cargo charter flights transporting medical equipment and other healthcare supplies accounted for approximately 6% of last year’s cargo traffic, which meant the handling of around 350 dedicated flights in 2020, supplementing the important role of scheduled air cargo connections. Since the spread of coronavirus pandemic in Europe, the BUD Cargo City was prepared for the arrival of medical supplies, and commenced preparations in good time to provide the conditions necessary for the delivery and storage of the vaccine.