Cologne Airport marks successful year with dnata partnership
Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN), a major airfreight hub in Germany and currently ranked as the eighth largest cargo airport in Europe, marked a very special year in 2022 with dnata stepping in as major general cargo handler.
Air Cargo Week (ACW): Talking about the airport as a whole, CGN recorded its highest increase in cargo volume for ten years in 2021. How has the airport continued to build on that success since then?
Andrea Tony Geslao (ATG), Head of Cargo Sales at CGN Airport: 2021 was a year full of records for us. We handled around 986.000 tons of pure airfreight in CGN. This is a plus of 14 per cent compared to 2020 and more than ever before. December only closed with a record value of nearly 94,000 tonnes.
Marcel-Sinan Altinkum (MSA), Cargo Business Development Manager at CGN Airport: Despite the political and economic instabilities, we were able to stabilise our traffic figures in 2022. Both our cargo movements and tonnage are at the same level as last year. This means that we will again handle almost 1 million tonnes. Having a look at the market as a whole and other airports around, we are very satisfied with this development.
