Vienna Airport has announced that it handled 313,763 tonnes of cargo in 2025, a new all-time high for the airport. Compared with the previous year, this represents growth of 5.3%.

The airport reports that key drivers of this development was the targeted expansion of long-haul services with additional belly-hold capacity, as well as strong growth in the e-commerce and pharmaceutical segments.

The Vienna Pharma Handling Center also recorded a new all-time high, exceeding the previous year’s result by 6.4%.

Julian Jäger, joint chief executive and chief operating officer of Vienna Airport, said: “A strong cargo sector is a key success factor for airports. Air freight secures global supply chains and promotes economic growth. Vienna Airport plays a central role in this context – as a logistics hub and as the most important gateway for air cargo to Central and Eastern Europe.

“With global airlines at the location, a specialised service offering and a strong team, we are very well positioned.

Michael Zach, senior vice president ground handling and cargo operations of Vienna Airport, added: “In air cargo, all processes must interlock seamlessly to ensure that shipments are handled efficiently and quickly at all times.

“Behind this record result is a strong team performance, with service quality for our customers as the top priority. Traditionally a leading transshipment hub for goods from Asia, the Vienna Cargo Hub benefited particularly in 2025 from growing volumes to North America.

“In 2026, we naturally aim to build on this positive development and are confident that we can achieve this together with our customers and partners.”

In 2025 167,568 tonnes of air cargo were imported via Vienna Airport and distributed onward to recipients in Central and Eastern Europe. This corresponds to growth of +2.8% compared with the previous record year of 2024 and underlines the airport’s role as an air cargo hub for the region. Growing e-commerce volumes from Asia for Europe continued to drive this development in 2025.

On the export side, tonnages increased significantly, particularly in the first half of the year, due to US customs policy. With a total of 146,195 tonnes, the previous year’s figure was exceeded by 8.4% in 2025. Key export markets include Asia and the US.

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