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NewsHeathrow's Christmas cargo figures revealed
London's Heathrow Airport has revealed that 144,000 tonnes of cargo – the equivalent weight of 68 London Eyes – is expected to pass through the hub during the festive season.This figure is reportedly 3% higher than last year's cargo volumes during the holiday period.British citizens are expected to import almost ...
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NewsMaestro announces partnership with Emirates Skycargo in Chicago
Emirates SkyCargo has announced that Maestro International Cargo will be one of its new pharma handling partners.At Chicago O'Hare International Airport, Maestro operates a state-of-the-art, three-zone, GDP-certified cooler dedicated to handling pharma products at temperatures ranging from 8 to 25C.Edip Pektas, managing partner of Maestro International Cargo, said: "An airline ...
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NewsGTR opens new airfreight hub at Kuala Lumpur Airport
GTR (Ground Team Red), a joint venture between AirAsia and SATS, has opened a new airfreight hub at Kuala Lumpur Airport's Air Cargo Terminal 1.The hub was officially opened by Malaysia's minister of transport, YB Loke Siew Fook; chief executive of AirAsia Group, Tony Fernandes; president of AirAsia Group (Airlines), ...
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NewsEast Midlands Airport appoints new cargo chief
East Midlands Airport (EMA) has appointed Steven Harvey as new vice president of cargo. Previously director of business partnerships & new market development at CargoLogic Management, Harvey has 30 years’ experience in air cargo, including stints with Atlas Air, Volga Dnepr UK and Ruslan International.In the UK, EMA is second ...
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Hong Kong Airport exporters to benefit from cargo concession
Airport Authority Hong Kong (AA) will support airlines to introduce a terminal charge concession scheme from April 1 next year to help offset increased cargo screening costs and reinforce the hub's competitiveness.Under the Scheme, AA will contribute 20% of the terminal charge concession amount offered by an airline to freight ...
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NewsDnata to expand at Heathrow with new cargo facility
AIPUT's proposed new dnata facility at HeathrowAberdeen Standard Investments’ Airport Industrial Property Unit Trust (AIPUT) fund has signed a pre-let agreement with dnata for a new cargo facility near Heathrow Airport.The proposed 115,000 sq ft facility at dnata City East has been designed to operate in conjunction with a recently-completed ...
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East Midlands Airport could link UK and China with direct cargo flights
Chinese officials are looking into the option of using the UK's East Midlands Airport (EMA), the UK's second-busiest cargo hub (Heathrow tops the list), as a cargo destination for direct flights from China.In October, a delegation from Leicestershire, including EMA’s managing director Karen Smart, had meetings in China with officials ...
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Swiss WorldCargo launches Cancun handling hub
Swiss WorldCargo has opened a handling hub at Cancun, Mexico, which will enable flights between Zurich, Switzerland, and the destination to carry freight on both inbound and outbound journeys.Swiss WorldCargo operates flights three times a week, utilising an Airbus A340-400 aircraft, via Edelweiss – a sister company of Swiss International ...
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NewsBrussels Airport adds pick-up and delivery app
A new app aimed at improving acceptance and delivery of cargo at Brussels Airport has been added to the suite of BRUcloud apps.The app, developed by Nallian, gives forwarders and their drivers immediate access to all the details related to booked slots for freight pick-up and delivery. Being able to ...
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Foundation stone laid for Swissport cargo facility at Frankfurt
German airport operator Fraport and Swissport Cargo Services have laid the foundation stone for the ground handler’s new airfreight facility at Frankfurt Airport.The new building at CargoCity South will expand Swissport’s handling capacity by almost 50% using a warehouse-concept material handling system that allows containers and pallets to be stored ...
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NewsCutting the carbon, global airports going greener
Source: Airport Carbon AccreditationAirports worldwide are tackling climate change, with 288 hubs actively engaged in a global carbon accreditation programme that registered a collective CO2 reduction of more than 320,000 tonnes or 4.9% in the past year.Some 61 airports are now carbon neutral (Level 3+) according to the latest annual ...
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NewsLogistics City to be built at Stockholm Arlanda Airport
Logistics City visualisation, by Archus ArkitekturA new hub called 'Logistics City' is to be built near Stockholm Arlanda Airport.The Logistics City will cover an area of 1m sq m and building works, scheduled to take commence next month, will take place in two stages.The southern section of the hub will ...
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NewsRecord October for Leipzig/Halle's cargo volumes
Germany’s Leipzig/Halle Airport handled record cargo volumes in October, with a year-on-year increase of 6.5% to 112,587 tonnes.Götz Ahmelmann, chief executive of Europe’s fifth largest air cargo hub, said: “The new record for air cargo volume once again underlines that our airport is one of the most dynamically growing cargo ...
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Major upgrade for Etihad Cargo's Abu Dhabi hub
Abu Dhabi Airports and Etihad Cargo have announced plans for a major airfreight facility boost for the Middle East airline’s hub at Abu Dhabi International Airport.The partners will implement a “multi-phased cargo infrastructure development” strategy, starting with the imminent upgrade of Etihad’s existing air cargo terminal facilities on the Southside ...
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BCube implements Cargospot Handling at Ostend
Italian cargo handler BCube has implemented CHAMP’s Cargospot Handling solution to support its operations at Ostend–Bruges airport in Belgium, the first station outside of Italy for BCube.CHAMP said that Cargospot Handling is "a sophisticated and comprehensive cargo operations and terminal management system that is straightforward and efficient for ground handlers ...
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Liege Airport aims to improve efficiency with Alibaba tech
Alibaba Cloud and Liege Airport have announced a joint plan to work together to utilise Aviation Brain, a proprietary artificial intelligence (AI) program that helps the aviation sector tackle real world operational challenges.Liege Airport said it hopes to leverage Alibaba Cloud’s technologies to improve procedures and efficiency.The two hope to ...
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NewsToowoomba Wellcamp appoints Kasch as general manager
Queensland airfreight gateway Toowoomba Wellcamp Airport has appointed Robert Kasch as general manager.Kasch has been with the airport for nearly two years and has plenty of experience in the airfreight industry.He started his career in the industry as a document runner at Sydney Airport but over his 30-year career, Kasch ...
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NewsBUD Cargo City opens for business
From left to right: Csaba Szlahó, mayor of Vecsés; Szűcs Lajos, member of the National Assembly of Hungary; Levente Magyar, parliamentary under secretary of state; Rolf Schnitzler, chief executive, Budapest Airport; Gerhard Schroeder, chairman, Budapest Airport; Steven Polmans, chairman, TIACA; and René Droese, chief property and cargo officer, Budapest AirportBUD ...
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NewsJuneyao Air to launch Manchester–Shanghai service
Shanghai-based carrier Juneyao Air is to launch flights to Manchester on 31 March next year.The service will be operated as a Shanghai Pudong-Helsinki-Manchester route, flown three times a week.Juneyao Air will operate the route with Boeing 787-9 ‘Dreamliner’, and the service will represent an extension of the existing Shanghai-Helsinki route ...
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NewsDoncaster Sheffield Airport gains approval for logistics development
Proposed Doncaster Sheffield Airport Logistics developmentDoncaster Council has approved construction of a 3.5 m sq ft advanced manufacturing and logistics development at Doncaster Sheffield Airport (DSA).The airport owner, Peel L&P, said the approval was a major milestone the development will be a "crucial element in the delivery of the masterplan ...