Even though the COVID-19 pandemic has brought passenger air traffic to a standstill across much of the world, freight is still on the move. Airports Council International has published a list of the world's busiest airports for cargo traffic which found that the five busiest hubs handled 18.32 million metric tonnes in 2019.
Hong Kong was the busiest airport for cargo movement last year with 4.80 million metric tonnes loaded and unloaded. It was followed by Memphis in second place with 4.32 million tonnes while Shanghai rounded off the top-three with 3.63 million metric tonnes.
