Cargo airports – Page 107
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East Midlands hits all-time high
The UK’s East Midlands Airport handled 309,000 tonnes of flown cargo in 2014, the best ever throughput in its 49-year history. Traffic was up 3.6 per cent on 2013’s volume.The airport also beat its 2010 figure, its previous best year, by nearly 2,000 tonnes.EMA is a main UK hub for ...
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Africa: airports sign agreement
Airports Company South Africa (ACSA), owner and manager of South Africa’s nine principal airports, has signed a have signed a cooperation agreement with Mitteldeutsche Airport Holding, representing Germany’s Leipzig/Halle Airport.The strategic partnership will involve “the exchange of information and individual expertise”.The agreement, inked during the Air Cargo Africa 2015 Conference ...
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Closed Manston Airport has freighter potential
Manston Airport in south-east England should be reopened as a potential freighter hub, says the Baltic Air Charter Association (BACA).The Kent gateway, about 60 miles from London, was an important diversionary airport and could potentially become a cargo hub, taking five to ten freighters a day, says London-based BACA, which ...
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Time to rethink UK air links
Access from the UK's regions must be considered in deciding future runway capacity in the south-east of England, said chair of the National Connectivity Task Force, Lord John Shipley, in a new report.For the past 20 years, the Department for Transport had effectively prioritised international air access over domestic services ...
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Cathay welcomes call for third runway
CATHAY Pacific Airways has welcomed a Hong Kong government budget strategy, set out by financial secretary John Tsang, which highlights the need to strengthen the region’s competitiveness as an international hub and improve the business environment to achieve continued economic growth.John Slosar, the airline’s chief executive, has expressed his support ...
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US Customs digitises cargo entries
US CUSTOMS and Border Protection (CBP) has admitted Lambert-St Louis International Airport (STL) into its ACE (Automated Commercial Environment) cargo release pilot scheme, with immediate effect.The simplified entry scheme allows importers to file a streamlined set of data earlier in the import process, and update their entries right up to ...
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Hong Kong Airport air cargo dipped in February
COMBINED traffic for Hong Kong International Airport (HKIA) in January and February showed cargo throughput increased 2.6 per cent to 600,000 tonnes, even though airfreight volumes dipped by one per cent in February.Stanley Hui Hon-chung, chief executive of Airport Authority Hong Kong, comments: "We are pleased to notice a continuous ...
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AA Cargo and US Airways co-locate to New York's JFK
IN A first step to co-locate cargo operations across the combined network, US Airways Cargo has joined American Airlines Cargo’s operations at New York’s John F Kennedy International Airport.While the two carriers continue to operate independently, the co-located facility allows American and US Airways customers to tender and recover both ...
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Cargo crime up 66 per cent
A SUPPLY chain watchdog is calling for greater collaboration between European law enforcers and businesses following an increase in air cargo crime.An annual report conducted by the Transported Asset Protection Association (TAPA) reveals 1,145 individual crimes involving high value, high risk goods across Europe, the Middle East and African regions ...
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Manston Airport holds talks over possible closure
THE UK’s Manston Airport is holding talks over its possible closure, it is reported.144 staff at the loss-making airport located to the east of London have been given details about a 45-day consultation.The airport was acquired last year for £1 by Ann Gloag, co-founder of the Stagecoach transport group.Last September, ...
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Air cargo consultancy firms work together
A COLLABORATION between aviation consultancy groups Steer Davies Gleave (SDG) and Strategic Aviation Solutions International (SASI) offers unique services to the air cargo industry.The agreement combines Steer Davies Gleave’s air passenger, regulatory and wider business strategy expertise with SASI’s airline management, cargo fleet management, and cargo facility design and logistics ...
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Dubai air cargo climbs
DUBAI INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT’S (DXB) freight volumes rose 3.4 per cent to 188,702 tonnes in February in comparison with 182,580 the previous year.Home carrier Emirates Airline’s cargo capacity expansion plan at DXB is expected to boost future volumes.Nabil Sultan, divisional senior vice-president of cargo at Emirates SkyCargo, reveals: “We are enhancing ...
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Emirates starts Atlanta B777 service
EMIRATES SkyCargo is starting weekly B777 freighter services to service from Dubai to Atlanta, Georgia in April.“This decision to operate a direct route from Dubai to Atlanta further elevates Atlanta as a globally competitive city and also grows our cargo capacity significantly,” says mayor Kasim Reed.Emirates is now the 11th ...
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UK airfreight in danger of being overlooked
THE importance of the UK’s airfreight business is in danger of being overlooked, warns the Freight Transport Association (FTA).In a report called ‘Sky-high value – the importance of airfreight to the UK economy’ report, the association calls for renewed investment in capacity and infrastructure, which is is essential for trade ...
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ANA Airline Management freighters to relocate from Ostend to Liege
TO REDUCE fuel costs, ANA Airline Management is relocating its freighter fleet of two MD-11Fs and a single B747-400F from Ostend to Liége from 29 May.The company’s managed fleet operates a network of scheduled routes to and from Africa, as well as long-term and ad hoc charter flights on a ...
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Emirates freighter move on track
EMIRATES SkyCargo is on track for the wholesale move of its home freighters base to the new Dubai World Central (DWC) airport.The first phase of the building is finished, the carrier reports. From May, all 12 freighters will operate from the new cargo terminal.“As of today, the cross-docks and perishables ...
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Cologne Bonn Airport seeks investor for air cargo handling expansion
GERMANY’S Cologne Bonn Airport is seeking an investor for a 10,000-sq m expansion and the operation of its handling centre for general air cargo.The airport expects bids to be submitted by mid-July for the Cologne Bonn Cargo Center (CBCC) project and the company’s supervisory board will decide on the winning ...
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Pactl upgrades handling system
SHANGHAI’S ground handling agent Pudong International Airport Cargo Terminal Ltd (PACTL) has implemented an upgrade to its HERMES air cargo management system.Benefits include new features such as a more reliable dangerous goods function, a ULD stock-check process, a flight planning capability and the facility to produce integrated cargo damage reports.PACTL ...
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HACTL cargo up in Q1
HONG KONG Air Cargo Terminals Limited (Hactl) had a ‘satisfactory’ start to 2014.In January, freight volumes rose to 144,564 tonnes, a 12.5 per cent improvement over the previous year.Although cargo traffic was slower in February (95,947 tonnes), March was more promising, experiencing 15.3 per cent year-on-year growth, according to Mark ...
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Frankfurt cargo sees a recovery
CARGO traffic at Frankfurt Airport grew by four per cent in the first quarter of 2014, the hub airport reveals.“The upward trend in the global economy and the moderate economic recovery in the Euro area has had a positive effect,” says a spokesperson.Cargo volume rose to 522 026 tonnes in ...