Fact Sheet: Cargo
- Manchester Airport currently handles around 170,000 tonnes of import and export freight and mail annually
- By 2015 it's expected the airport will be handling around 250,000 tonnes of cargo per year
- Manchester Airport's cargo facility, the World Freight Terminal, is a community of more than 1,000 professionals managing freight-only aircraft as well as consignments that arrive or depart in the holds of passenger aircraft.
- Manchester's largest cargo markets are the Far East, North America and the Middle East.
- The Far East and Middle East are predominantly sources of import cargo whilst North America is a key destination for exports
- The largest single cargo market is Hong Kong from which Cathay Pacific Cargo fly up to 13 freighter round trips per week.
- Currently, Manchester Airport handles up to 25 Boeing 747 freighter flights per week.