Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport (DFW) has estimated slight growth in cargo throughput by 2025 , driven by policies promoted by the U.S. government.
Milton de la Paz, vice president of Airline Relations and Cargo Business Development at DFW Airport, projected that they won’t see an “aggressive increase,” as they expect growth to be between 2% and 3% compared to 2024 .
“At the start of the fiscal year, which began in October of last year and started very strongly, we were handling quite a bit of e-commerce, particularly from China, and we were up 30% from last year, but with the government’s announcements, and before they took effect, we saw quite a bit of cargo coming in before the date, and then it dropped significantly,” he indicated.
In an interview with T21 , he said they are working with several freight forwarders to increase their capacity in this area , and that they are already seeing a recovery in the movement of goods.
He noted that among them are Mexican companies seeking to increase the transportation of perishable goods not only in the Texas area, but also to Asia, although the increase is also due to the construction of Artificial Intelligence (AI) centers in that state.
“North Texas is number two in the country for AI centers, and they’re building several; we’re receiving a lot of equipment and machinery to support these facilities, and that’s having a very strong impact. It’s high-value cargo that isn’t transported by ship or land, but rather by air because it’s safer, and that’s been a great help to us,” he said.
However, he reiterated that the expected growth for the end of fiscal year 2025 will be between 2% and 3% year-on-year, which, he indicated, will be a “good achievement.”
De la Paz said that as part of the cargo recovery, DFW is seeing more charter flights from Asia , carrying products like chips and pharmaceuticals.
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