Cairo International Airport is the first in Africa in the air cargo industry for 2019.

Cairo International Airport won the first place in the air cargo industry at the level of Africa for the year 2019, and it is the position that it maintained for three consecutive years 2014/2015/2016, and it also ranked second in 2017 and 2018 after Johannesburg Airport in South Africa. The cargo movement of Cairo Airport for the year 2019 increased by 11.6%, achieving 361.262 tons compared to 2018, with a significant decrease for the traditional competitor, South Africa, to reach the third place, Kenya’s access to the second place by 4.6%, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, to fourth, and Lagos Airport, Nigeria, to fifth.