๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ญ,๐ด๐ฎ๐ต ๐๐ผ๐ป๐ป๐ฒ๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ฟ ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ด๐ผ were handled at Amsterdam Airport Schiphol in the first quarter of 2026, a ๐ฑ% ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟโ๐ผ๐ปโ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ ๐ถ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ.
After strong growth in January and February, ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฐ๐ตย showed a slight decline (-๐ฏ%), mainly due to ongoing geopolitical developments in the ๐ ๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฑ๐น๐ฒ ๐๐ฎ๐๐. Total air cargo tonnage in March reached ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ด,๐ฎ๐ด๐ญ ๐๐ผ๐ป๐ป๐ฒ๐. Theย ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐น๐น๐-๐ณ๐๐น๐น ๐ณ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ถ๐ด๐ต๐๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐๐ฝ๐น๐ถ๐ in March reached ๐ฐ๐ญ% / ๐ฑ๐ต%, with full freighters gaining three percentage points compared to the same month last year.
The ๐ถ๐ป๐ฏ๐ผ๐๐ป๐ฑ/๐ผ๐๐๐ฏ๐ผ๐๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ผ๐น๐๐บ๐ฒ๐ were split ๐ฑ๐ฏ% / ๐ฐ๐ณ%. Inbound volumes continued to show strong growth from the Far East (+8%), Middle/South America (+18%) and Africa (+15%), Middle East showed a decrease of 47%. On the outbound side, Far East (+10%) and Africa grew (+8%) yearโonโyear,ย volumes to the US were slightly below last year (-4%), and volumes to the Middle East decreased 50%.
The top commodities in March included electrical machinery, flowers, fashion, fruit & vegetables, pharmaceuticals, fish and spare parts.
In addition to air cargo tonnages, Schiphol handled ๐ฐ๐ฎ,๐ญ๐ฏ๐ฎ ๐๐ผ๐ป๐ป๐ฒ๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ฅ๐ผ๐ฎ๐ฑ ๐๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ฆ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ด๐ผย (trucked air cargo), accounting for nearly ๐ฎ ๐พ๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ผ๐๐ฎ๐น ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ด๐ผ ๐๐ผ๐น๐๐บ๐ฒ.
๐ ๐ฎ๐ฎ๐๐๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ต๐ ๐๐ถ๐ฟ๐ฝ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ โ often referred to as Schipholโs seventh runway โ handled ๐ฒ.๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ฌ ๐๐ผ๐ป๐ป๐ฒ๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ฟ ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ด๐ผ, representing 113% year-on-year growth.
(source: Royal Schiphol Group)
