By Dominic Welling

Warsaw Frederic Chopin Airport handled more than 10,600 tonnes of cargo in the first three months of 2011, an increase of 23% on the same period last year.

In the first quarter of 2011, the airport handled a total of 10, 654.3 tonnes of cargo.

This included 10,494.6 tonnes of international cargo traffic - a rise of 23.5% - and 159.6 tonnes of domestic cargo traffic - up by 11.4%.

The most popular destinations in terms of the volume of cargo carried, included Cologne, Leipzig, Chicago, Seoul and Shanghai.