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VINCI to pay £2.9bn for 50.1% stake in Gatwick Airport
VINCI Airports has signed an agreement valued at £2.9bn to acquire a 50.01% stake in the UK’s Gatwick Airport Ltd.The purchase from current shareholders Global Infrastructure Partners (GIP) is expected to complete in the first half of 2019.The other 49.99% in Gatwick will be managed by GIP, an independent infrastructure ...
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Etihad's Abdulla Mohamed Shadid on the carrier's transformation
Abdulla Mohamed Shadid, managing director cargo and logistics at Etihad Aviation Group, provides an analysis of 2018 events and a foretaste of 2019 at the the Middle East carrier.The last 12 months have witnessed record yields not seen in our industry in over a decade, combined with volume growth on ...
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Frankfurt-Hahn hails new freighter routes to China
Germany's Frankfurt-Hahn Airport reported that it has seen a 58.4% increase in freight volumes from January to October 2018, compared with the same period in 2017.Frankfurt-Hahn, in which China's HNA Airport Group has a majority stake, handled around 127,000 tons of freight in 2017.The federal state of Hesse holds 17.5%.A ...
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Air France KLM Cargo expands myCargo platform
Air France KLM Cargo has expanded its myCargo customer platform with the ability to make instant 24/7 bookings of up to four tonnes and also it can now also handle pharma shipments.The airline said it had also launched an API (Application Programming Interface) capability to enable customers to directly connect ...
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Gatwick Airport flights re-start after drone causes chaos
The UK's Gatwick Airport said that flights were beginning to get underway this morning after drone activity caused the airport to close yesterday.The airport said that the runway opened at 6am and it expected 765 arrivals and departures today, although delays are expected throughout the day.Meanwhile, the drone operator has ...
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Saudi Cargo's Cirque du soleil freighter flights
Saudi Airlines Cargo recently transported 400 tons of equipment and supplies for the international event Cirque du soleil on four B747-400 freighter flights.The equipment was flown from Zagreb, Croatia, to the Saudi capital, Riyadh, where the circus show is taking place from December 17-29.Saudia Cargo’s chief executive, Omar Talal Hariri, ...
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European Cargo Monthly: Peak season starts to tail off in November
European airlines saw air cargo demand tail off in November as the peak season started to wind down.November’s monthly statistics show that Lufthansa, Air France KLM, IAG and Finnair all saw cargo traffic in November decline compared with a month earlier, although this reflects usual seasonal trends for carriers in ...
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American Airlines gets its teeth into beef from Argentina
American Airlines Cargo continued to move an increasingly wide range of seasonal foods by air as worldwide Christmas and New Year celebrations begin.This month, the carrier brought nearly 14,000 lbs (6.4 tonnes) of one of the most sought-after entrees, Argentine beef, from Argentina to Miami, after restrictions on its transport ...
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Saudia Cargo hopes to capitalise on new India passenger flight
Saudi Airlines Cargo is offering 60 tons of cargo capacity per week to Calicut International Airport (CCJ) in the Indian state of Kerala following the launch of daily passenger flights to the hub.Saudia Cargo chief executive Omar Hariri said the cargo business is doing its best to support the agricultural ...
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Gatwick update: Flights cancelled up to at least 1600 today
Media statement as of 13:45 Thursday 20th December:Gatwick Airport’s runway remains unavailable because of drone sightings. We have advised all airlines to cancel flights up to at least 16:00 this afternoon, while keeping the situation under constant review.There is significant disruption at Gatwick and our terminals are extremely busy. We ...
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Cargo equipment specialists ALS and Goldhofer join forces with Dubai office
Germany-based cargo equipment specialist Goldhofer Airport Technology has opened a sales and service center in Dubai in collaboration with cargo handling supplier ALS Logistic Solutions.The decision is based on a long-term relationship between the two companies and in response to increased demand for internal airport logistics in the Middle East ...
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European airlines call for tougher laws and enforcement for drones
As Gatwick Airport remains closed due to a drone-related incident, the European Regions Airline Association (ERA) has called for “more robust and harmonised” European Union (EU)-wide safety regulations.It said that “necessary steps” are needed to prevent the flying of unregulated drones near airports and aircraft.The ERA said that, due to ...
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UK airlines won't be able to expand in EU under no-deal contingency
UK airlines will not be able to add any new routes to European Union countries under contingency plans tabled by the European Commission in the event of a no-deal Brexit.While most have welcomed the publication of the contingency plans, Airports Council International (ACI) Europe noted that the regulation made it ...
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Gatwick update: Airport remains closed after drone incident
Media statement from Gatwick Airport as of 10:50 Thursday 20th December:Gatwick Airport’s runway remains closed and all flights are currently suspended following reports of drones flying over Gatwick’s airfield last night and this morning. There is significant disruption at Gatwick today as a result of what appears to be a ...
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Emirates eyes Irish cargo
Emirates SkyCargo carried close to 10,000 tonnes of Irish exports, from Dublin, during 2018.The Dubai-based carrier offers up to 25 tonnes of cargo capacity on each of its Boeing 777 passenger aircraft that operate the Dublin route.Around 35% of Emirates SkyCargo’s Irish export cargo for 2018 comprised food items such ...
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Lufthansa extends Fraport ground handling contract at Frankfurt
Frankfurt airport operator Fraport has secured a seven-year extension to its ground handling contract for all Lufthansa aircraft at the German hub.The contact becomes effective on January 1, 2019, and runs until March 31, 2026. Both partners agreed not to disclose the contract volume.Fraport’s executive board member and labour director, ...
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Gatwick flights remain suspended after suspected drones activity
Flights to and from London Gatwick Airport remain suspended following reports of drones flying over the UK hub’s airfield last night and in the early hours of this morning (Thursday, December 20).In a 09.15 update today, the airport said: "Gatwick Airport’s runway remains closed and all flights are currently suspended ...
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ATSG swoops for 20 B767 passenger aircraft as feedstock for freighter conversion
US-based freighter operator Air Transport Services Group (ATSG) is to acquire 20 Boeing 767-300 extended-range passenger aircraft from lessor Jetran as potential feedstock for freighter conversion over the next three years.ATSG, which operates B767Fs for Amazon Air, currently expects to begin freighter modification of six of the twenty 767-300s during ...
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Aeroflot sniffer dogs to take a lead role in aircraft security
Aeroflot has registered its own Shalaika breed of sniffer dogs with the Russian Cynological Federation.The official presentation of the dogs took place at Sheremetyevo International Airport’s Terminal B and was attended by the breeder of the Shalaika dogs, Klim Sulimov, and members of the cynology community.The dogs were presented by ...
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Forwarders weigh up modal options as space shortages and high prices hit airfreight
Freight forwarders are looking for alternatives to airfreight as high prices and a lack of space have led to them exploring other modes.In its weekly market wrap up, rate portal Freightos said that other than the Asia-Europe trade there had not been a peak season for rates this year.One of ...