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NewsLufthansa Cargo gets to work on developing its Frankfurt hub
Lufthansa Cargo Center - Credit Lufthansa CargoLufthansa Cargo is getting to work on developing its logistics centre (LCC) at its home hub of Frankfurt.The airline's supervisory board has approved investments in a comprehensive infrastructure programme for the LCC.Work has already begun and is expected to be completed in 2028, the ...
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Cargo the bright spot last year at Ontario International Airport
Cargo remained the bright spot for California’s Ontario International (ONT) Airport last year, as passenger demand declined due to Covid-19 restrictions.Throughout 2020, the hub experienced an 18.2% year-on-year increase in cargo demand to 898,188 tonnes.It attributed this growth to “ramped up” operations, which enabled it to manage the e-commerce surge, ...
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NewsPolmans joins cargo community platform Nallian
Cargo community platform provider Nallian has appointed Steven Polmans as its chief customer officer.Polmans, who is well known in the air cargo industry and was previously director of cargo and Logistics at Brussels Airport and is currently TIACA chairman, will be responsible for accelerating the expansion of Nallian’s global network ...
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Leipzig/Halle expects another busy year for cargo after a record 2020
Leipzig/Halle Airport handled record air cargo volumes last year and it is expecting further growth in 2021.The German airport saw its cargo volumes increase by 11.7% year on year to a record 1.4m tonnes. Growth was particularly significant during the fourth quarter; in December, the amount of freight handled increased ...
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Cargo demand at Schiphol dips as passenger services take a hit
Amsterdam Schiphol Airport saw cargo volumes decline in 2020, as passenger services worldwide — and bellyhold capacity — were impacted by the coronavirus pandemic.For the year of 2020, the Netherlands-based hub posted an 8% year-on-year decline in volumes to 1.4m tonnes.The majority (61%) of cargo handled at the hub last ...
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Fraport receives IATA CEIV Pharma recertification
Fraport has received IATA CEIV Pharma recertification for its operations at Frankfurt Airport, after it having initially achieved the award in 2018.IATA CEIV Pharma certification is recognition that a company conforms to IATA’s globally recognised pharma handling procedures and standards, and is capable of the "exemplary handling of time-critical and ...
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Brussels Airport cargo traffic remains steady
Brussels Airport said its cargo operations were "more in demand than ever" in 2020.The Europe-based hub experienced a 2.2% year-on-year increase in cargo volumes to 511,613 tonnes.The strongest growth was recorded in the full-freighter segment, which was up 43% on 2019."This steep growth is accounted for by the arrival of ...
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NewsBrussels Airport appoints new director of cargo
Geert AertsGeert Aerts will succeed Steven Polmans as director of cargo and logistics at Brussels Airport in March.Aerts has been active in aviation for 17 years at CAE Inc, where he has been regional operations director for Europe, Africa and the Middle East, since 2014.At CAE Inc, he was responsible ...
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Another record year for cargo at Liege
Liege Airport has broken its record for cargo traffic in 2020, topping its previous 'record year' in 2019.The Belgiuan hub attributed its cargo growth to increased freighter operations following the grounding of passenger flights in the first half of 2020, as well as growth in e-commerce and increased demand for ...
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NewsSchiphol restructures cargo team again
Patricia VitalisAmsterdam Airport Schiphol has announced further changes within its cargo team.From March 1, the cargo department will form part of the new Airline and Cargo Partnerships team and become part of the new Aviation Business Development Division.The Aviation Business Development Division will in turn become part of the Airport ...
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Airports team up for India Covid vaccine supply chains
Dubai Airports and GMR Hyderabad (GMR-HYD) airport group are creating a Covid-19 vaccine distribution corridor to connect pharma manufacturers in India with global markets.Hyderabad is the world's emerging vaccine capital with five major vaccine producers in its vicinity.Dubai Airports and airport service provider dnata cargo will provide handling capacity for ...
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NewsShell to supply SAF to DHL Express at Schiphol
DHL Express has signed a deal with energy firm Shell Aviation that will see it being supplied sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) to power flights from Amsterdam Schiphol Airport.DHL said the deal will enable it to operate flights using SAF, which is an "important step forward" in its steps to achieve ...
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Heathrow wins court battle for third-runway plans
Heathrow Airport can progress plans for a third runway after the UK's Supreme Court ruled in the favour of developers.Previously the Court of Appeal had ruled that the development could not go ahead, as the government's airport strategy — which included the development of Heathrow — did not meet climate ...
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NewsLufthansa Cargo to open freight facility at Katowice Airport
Lufthansa Cargo is opening a cargo facility at Katowice Airport on the back of growing demand.The new road feeder service (RFS) consolidation facility will open on January 4 and through the use of RFS operations it will increase the number of connections offered to and from Poland with the carrier's ...
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New Frankfurt Air Cargo Community board revealed
LUG aircargo handling managing director Patrik Tschirch will replace Harald Gloy as chair of the Frankfurt Air Cargo Community Executive Board.Meanwhile, Susanne Klingler-Werner and Pierre Dominique Prümm have been elected to the committee for the first time.Michael Hoppe, who is secretary general at airline group Barig and who represents the ...
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NewsRecord cargo volumes for Budapest in November
Photo Budapest Airport Róbert BaranyiBudapest's Ferenc Liszt International Airport handled record cargo volumes in November following investment in its BUD Cargo City.Cargo traffic in November was was up by 6.3% year on year to 13,864 tons — a monthly record. Meanwhile, the volume of goods handled over the first 11 ...
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Sheremetyevo International handles Sputnik V vaccine shipment
Sheremetyevo International Airport was the launching point for an early batch of Russian Covid-19 vaccine Sputnik V.In total, 20 doses of the vaccine were transported from Moscow to Serbia where it will be used in clinical trials at the Torlak Public Health Institute.The vaccine was sent on December 3 on ...
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Liege Airport achieves 1m tonne milestone
Liege Airport has handled 1m tonnes of cargo and marked the milestone as a "historic and symbolic day".The milestone was reached when an Airbridge Cargo flight, chartered by Chinese company HongYuan, touched down at the airport.Cargo on the flight — including the millionth tonne — was processed by WFS and ...
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MIA on-track to surpass annual cargo handling record
Miami International Airport (MIA) has said that it is set for a record-high year in cargo handling.The hub, which has processed 1.9m tonnes of cargo from January to October this year, said that it is on-track to surpass its annual record of 2.3m tonnes.It added that September and October this ...
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NewsSAL opens pharma hub at Riyadh Airport ahead of vaccine launch
Saudi Arabian Logistics Company (SAL) has opened new pharma and perishable facilities at the Cargo Village at King Khalid International - Riyadh Airport, ahead of the widespread rollout of Covid-19 vaccines.The facilities have 5,000 sq m of storage space and are large enough to process up to 365,000 tonnes of ...