GERMANY's Leipzig/Halle Airport saw cargo volumes increase by 9.1 per cent year on year to 1.01 million tonnes between January and October - the first time the airport has surpassed the 1m tonne mark.
The increase is higher than the overall German trend, which registered growth of 2.2 per cent (according to the German Airports Association) for the first nine months of the year.
The airport handled 105,697 tonnes of freight in October - a 6.3 per cent increase on the same month in 2017, according to London's Air Cargo News.
The growth engine at the airport is particularly the volumes handled by DHL, which has been operating the largest hub within its global network at Leipzig/Halle since 2008, the airport said.
The freight charter business of other logistics providers also continued to develop far above the average rate.