Cargo airports

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    First dedicated e-commerce flight at Glasgow Prestwick

    2024-12-17T17:36:00Z

    First-dedicated-e-commerce-flight-lands-at-Glasgow-Prestwick-Photo-Glasgow-Prestwick-via-Meantime Glasgow Prestwick Airport (PIK) has welcomed its first full e-commerce cargo flight and is working towards scheduled e-commerce flights in the new year. The flight, chartered by Zhonger Express and Jumen Logistics, was operated by Silk Way West Airlines Cargo and carried a 90-tonne consignment of ...

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    American Airlines Cargo expands facility and digital capabilities at Heathrow

    2024-12-17T17:31:00Z

    American Airlines Cargo has expanded its premises at Heathrow Airport

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    Swissport expands at Gatwick Airport

    2024-12-17T17:18:00Z

    Swissport has expanded at Gatwick Airport in the UK

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    Ardian becomes largest Heathrow Airport stakeholder

    2024-12-13T10:07:00Z

    French private investment company Ardian has become the largest shareholder of London’s Heathrow Airport

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    Menzies awarded IATA’s CEIV Li-batt certification

    2024-12-12T12:25:00Z

    Menzies Aviation has been awarded IATA’s Center of Excellence for Independent Validators Lithium Batteries (CEIV Li-batt)

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    Executive team shuffle for SEKO

    2024-12-12T10:32:00Z

    SEKO Logistics has announced several new senior appointments with the successful close of its previously announced recapitalisation

  • Dutch government announces latest plan to limit Schiphol flights
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    Dutch government announces latest plan to limit Schiphol flights

    2024-12-10T11:51:26Z

    Image: ShutterstockThe Dutch government has announced its intention to limit flights at Schiphol to 478,000 aircraft movements next year.Earlier this year, the government announced it would limit flights at the airport to between 475,000-485,000 movements as part of efforts to reduce noise at the airport.The cut has now been confirmed ...

  • Liege Airport tonnage up 16% in November
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    Liege Airport tonnage up 16% in November

    2024-12-10T10:34:20Z

    Photo: Markus Mainka/ ShutterstockLiege Airport recorded a 16% year on year increase in tonnage in November due to increased cargo airline and logistics activity in the surrounding area.The Belgian cargo hub reported tonnage of 112,106 tons compared t0 96,497 tons in the same month last year. Cargo aircraft movements in ...

  • Joost van Doesburg, head of cargo, Schiphol. Photo: Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
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    Joost van Doesburg quits Schiphol Airport after difficult tenure

    2024-12-09T12:57:52Z

    Joost van Doesburg, head of cargo, Schiphol. Photo: Amsterdam Airport SchipholJoost van Doesburg has decided to step down from his position as head of cargo at Royal Schiphol Group with the airport citing "unjust defamatory allegations" made against him in its response to the news.Royal Schiphol Group did not elaborate ...

  • Cargo groups complain to Dutch competition authority over Schiphol price hikes
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    Cargo groups complain to Dutch competition authority over Schiphol price hikes

    2024-12-04T16:54:38Z

    Source: ShutterstockThree Dutch airfreight and logistics groups have complained to the Netherlands Authority for Consumers and Markets over Schiphol's plans to hike prices.The increases, announced in November, will see airline charges rise by 37% over the coming three years in response to high inflation and increased interest rates.The charges for ...

  • Cathay Cargo Terminal boosts security with AI
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    Cathay Cargo Terminal boosts security with AI

    2024-11-29T16:33:08Z

    Source: Cathay Cargo TerminalCathay Cargo Terminal has become the first air cargo terminal in Hong Kong to integrate Artificial Intelligence (AI) with its existing CCTV infrastructure to enhance safety and security monitoring across its terminal buildings. ​ ​Partnering with Intenseye, which specialises in AI-powered workplace safety solutions, Cathay Cargo Terminal ...

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    Pharma.Aero validates Hong Kong-Miami pharma corridor

    2024-11-29T10:22:12Z

    Image source: Numstocker/ ShutterstockThe Hong Kong-Miami pharma corridor has been successfully validated through Pharma.Aero’s Corridor 3.0 Project.Through the Corridor 3.0 project, Hong Kong International Airport, Miami International Airport and Cathay Cargo have validated the end-to-end transport process for live shipments.The validation demonstrates a 100% success rate, with zero temperature excursions, ...

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    Hong Kong Airport cargo volumes up as it readies for three-runway system launch

    2024-11-26T17:15:36Z

    Photo: HKIAHong Kong International Airport reported a 12.7% year on year increase in cargo volumes in October as it prepares to introduce its three-runway system.Airport Authority Hong Kong (AAHK) reported 442,000 tonnes of cargo in October. Growth was driven by export traffic, said AAHK."Export traffic remains the main driver of ...

  • Construction deal signed for the Silk Way Cargo Village
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    Construction deal signed for the Silk Way Cargo Village

    2024-11-25T14:39:21Z

    Source: Silk Way Group. Arif Guliyev, Modern Construction (L), and Jawad Dbila, SW AFEZCOSilk Way Alat Free Economic Zone Company (SW AFEZCO) has signed a design and build agreement with Modern Construction Group for the development of the Silk Way Cargo Village.Modern Construction Group will design and construct three facilities ...

  • Belly cargo leads volume growth at Vienna Airport
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    Belly cargo leads volume growth at Vienna Airport

    2024-11-19T14:34:55Z

    Source: Flughafen Wien AGVienna Airport has registered a double-digit increase in cargo volumes over the first nine months of the year.The Austrian airport handled 216,360 tons of cargo between January and September, which represents a 20% increase on the same period last year.The airport said that volumes were up in ...

  • Menzies expands into Malaysia
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    Menzies expands into Malaysia

    2024-11-19T12:57:25Z

    Source: Menzies AviationMenzies Aviation will begin providing cargo handling services at Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KUL) as it expands into Malaysia for the first time.The company has secured a 12-month ground handling license to deliver passenger, ramp and cargo services at KUL through the creation of a joint venture (JV) ...

  • WFS wins SAS Cargo handling contract at Stockholm Arlanda
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    WFS wins SAS Cargo handling contract at Stockholm Arlanda

    2024-11-15T15:01:38Z

    The agreement was signed in Stockholm by Markus Ek, CEO of SAS Cargo Group, and Lone Riise, the airline’s Head of Cargo Handling, and, on behalf of WFS by Marc Claesen, SVP Northern Europe and Africa, and Kim Elfström, Managing Director Sweden. Photo: WFSWorldwide Flight Services (WFS) has won a ...

  • Express courier CFL tackles package security at Heathrow
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    Express courier CFL tackles package security at Heathrow

    2024-11-14T17:23:28Z

    CFL facility at Heathrow. Photo: CFLHeathrow’s only on-airport express courier handler, CFL has partnered with UK government agency Border Force to introduce a new system that targets smuggling to improve package-handling inspection and security.Automated Import Manifest System (AIMS) will automate and simplify manifest information sharing with Border Force and other ...

  • Glasgow Prestwick teams up with Chicago Rockford on air cargo
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    Glasgow Prestwick teams up with Chicago Rockford on air cargo

    2024-11-13T11:52:05Z

    Nico Le Roux (left), business development director, Glasgow Prestwick Airport and Zack Oakley, executive director, Chicago Rockford International Airport. Photo: Glasgow Prestwick AirportGlasgow Prestwick Airport (PIK) in Scotland and Chicago Rockford International Airport (RFD) in the US have signed a joint development agreement to promote cargo flights between the two ...

  • Dutch air cargo group hits out at Schiphol price increases
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    Dutch air cargo group hits out at Schiphol price increases

    2024-11-07T09:14:07Z

    Image: ShutterstockAir Cargo Netherlands has warned that Schiphol Airport's plans to increase rates next year will disproportionally impact freighter airlines.The Dutch airport last week announced that it would increase airline charges by 37% over the coming three years in response to high inflation and increased interest rates.The charges will increase ...