The Upper Silesian Aviation Group (Górnośląskie Towarzystwo Lotnicze S.A. – GTL S.A.) – the company managing Katowice Wojciech Korfanty International Airport in Pyrzowice, Poland – has summarized cargo traffic for the first three quarters of 2025.
Between January and the end of September 2025, the cargo terminal at Katowice Airport handled 32,554 tonnes of freight, i.e., 5,730 tonnes more (+21.4%) than in the same time last year. The result for the first nine months of 2025 is the best one in the airport’s history; 2,080 tonnes of cargo more were noted in comparison with the same time in 2022, when record-breaking 30,474 tonnes were noted.
“Dynamic growth of cargo traffic is a strong indicator that Katowice Airport is among important Polish logistics hubs. Currently, we have particularly high hopes for the prospect of developing connections with the Chinese market. To meet the growing demand for freight transport, it is necessary to expand the airport’s infrastructure. It is our goal to put a new, second cargo terminal into service in 2027,” said Artur Tomasik, President of the Board of The Upper Silesian Aviation Group, the company managing Katowice Airport.
Air cargo is one of the most important areas of traffic at Katowice Airport. Among others, the following companies have established branches in Pyrzowice: DHL Express, UPS and FedEx. Since October 2024, all-cargo flights are realized to Katowice Airport from Ürümqi (China); in April 2025, Lufthansa Cargo commenced scheduled all-cargo flights on the Frankfurt – Katowice – Frankfurt route. Katowice Airport is the only airport in Poland from which the carrier handles regular cargo flights. Additionally, Lufthansa Cargo operates a road feeder service (RFS) freight consolidation facility in the airport’s cargo terminal; it is based on transport of goods between airports via trucks. Each RFS operation is treated like a flight; every truck is assigned a flight number.