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NewsOntario enjoys good growth in October
Ontario International Airport in California saw its commercial freight volumes grow by 4.6% year on year in October to reach a figure of more than 66,000 tons.This was an encouraging performance, after airfreight volume growth was said to have been “flat” in September.Over the first 10 months of 2019, Ontario’s ...
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NewsLiege Airport signs three new partnerships
Night operations at Liege AirportLiege Airport has announced three new partnerships – with Alibaba Cloud, Orange Belgium and Qatar Airways.The announcements were made the airport’s WeCargo event 12-14 November which brought together start-ups, air cargo experts and investors at the Belgian air freight hub.Alibaba Cloud, the technology subsidiary of Chinese ...
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Frankfurt Airport reports fall in freight
Freight at Frankfurt Airport fell by 8.0% in October compared with the same month in 2018, to 175,622 tonnes.Airport operator Fraport said that traffic for the year to date was also down, by 3.4%, to 1.74 million tonnes.The weak cargo performance contrasted with the passenger business, which was up 1% ...
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RIOgaleão Cargo achieves IATA CEIV re-certification
Rio de Janeiro's RIOgaleão Cargo has achieved IATA CEIV Pharma re-certification.With its first certification in 2016, RIOgaleão became the only airport in the Americas to possess the CEIV Pharma from IATA.The re-certification confirms that the airport's cargo operations have maintained the good practices adopted in the pharmaceutical terminal, infrastructure and ...
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DHL set to build new cargo-handling facility at Riga Airport
DHL Latvia is planning to build a new shipment processing and logistics centre at Riga Airport.On November 6, DHL Latvia and real estate development company Castor Construction signed contracts with the airport and agreed to build the new facility within a year.According to the agreement, the new DHL shipment processing ...
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NewsHactl beats its own record for freighters handled in 24-hour period
Hong Kong Air Cargo Terminals Limited (Hactl) has announced that it recently (November 3) handled 104 freighters in 24 hours – breaking its previous record of 102 freighters, set on November 5, 2017.Hactl said its new IT system and airside management app have increased its efficiency and productivity. It is ...
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Liege reports its best ever month for cargo
Belgian hub Liege has reported its best ever month for cargo in October as volumes reached 84,000 tonnes.The airport said that it had achieved the record despite the current "challenging times".Meanwhile, it exceeded its total volumes for the year (up to today) have reached 730,000 tonnes, up by 3%."Besides being ...
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Menzies Aviation partners with Sunwing Airlines
Menzies Aviation has announced a new contracts, which commence today, with Sunwing Airlines at three North American hubs.As part of the three-year contracts agreements, Menzies Aviation will deliver ground handling services for the Canadian leisure airline at stations including Ottawa Macdonald-Cartier International Airport and Winnipeg James Armstrong Richardson International Airport ...
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Air Cargo Americas: Miami hopes to expand e-commerce pre-clearance programme
Miami International Airport (MIA) is hoping to expand the e-commerce pre-clearance programme it has set up with Brazil to other countries in Latin America.Speaking at the Air Cargo Americas event taking place in Miami this week, Miami-Dade Aviation Department manager for the aviation, trade & logistics marketing Emir Pineda said ...
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NewsDHL Express expands its Canadian footprint in Hamilton
DHL is investing C$100 in a new cargo facility at Canada’s John C. Munro Hamilton International Airport to meet double-digit growth in shipment volumes.The new facility, which will be four times the size of the current one at 200,000 square feet, will feature a fully-automated sort system with a capacity ...
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NewsFAIR@Link goes live at Hamburg Airport
The FAIR@Link portal has gone live for air cargo handling at Hamburg Airport Cargo Center after a six-month test phase.Hamburg Airport head of cargo Alexander Müller said: "The new platform is an important step into the digital future for us. With FAIR@Link, we can significantly improve handling processes and manage ...
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Newsdnata to expand at Manchester Airport with £30m cargo handling facility
Air services provider dnata is to expand its presence at Manchester Airport in the UK after committing to a new £30m cargo handling facility.The ‘build to suit’ dnata City North premises, with ease of airfield access, are being developed by MAG Property, the property and development arm of Manchester Airports ...
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Edmonton airport set to be the world's first drone delivery hub
Drone Delivery Canada (DDC) is to establish the world’s first airport drone delivery hub, at Edmonton International Airport.DDC, with the assistance of sales agent Air Canada, has entered into a commercial agreement with the Edmonton Regional Airports Authority (ERAA) to use the Canadian airport for its proprietary drone delivery platform.The ...
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AirBridgeCargo and CargoLogicAir to cancel freighter connections
Volga-Dnepr Group (VDG) subsidiary AirBridgeCargo Airlines (ABC) and partner airline CargoLogicAir will cancel a total of eleven freighter connections as of November 1, writes Oliver Link in Air Cargo News sister title DVZ.According to the leading German logistics newspaper, five of these routes concern UK-registered CargoLogicAir. The remaining six routes ...
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Hactl adds Southern Air to ramp handling business
Hong Kong Air Cargo Terminals Ltd (Hactl) has won the contract to provide ramp handling for US-based freighter operator Southern Air.Southern Air – a wholly-owned subsidiary of Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings – operates 21 rotations per week through Hong Kong, serving Anchorage, Cincinnati, New York, Miami, Los Angeles, Leipzig, Milan, ...
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Sheremetyevo Airport co-operates with customs to meet international cargo growth
Sheremetyevo International Airport has been ramping up its relationship with customs at the airport in order to meet international cargo volume growth.According to the Federal Air Transport Agency of the Russian Federation, over the first nine months of 2019, Sheremetyevo Airport handled more than 268,000 tons of cargo and mail, ...
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NewsHIA reveals plans for further development
Doha’s Hamad International Airport (HIA) has revealed plans for a second stage of expansion that will include the development of a new cargo terminal that will increase the gateway’s freight handling capacity to an estimated 3.2 million tons a year.The state-of-the-art cargo terminal is expected to be ready for use ...
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NewsSwissport opens state-of-the-art Pharma Center at Brussels Airport
Ground services provider Swissport International has opened a new Pharma Center for handling temperature-sensitive pharmaceutical shipments at Brussels Airport.The new facility, opened today (October 23), has 3,620 sq m of temperature-controlled warehouse space.It incorporates two areas dedicated to the handling of pharmaceutical products. One area, covering 2,620 sq m, is ...
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Hyderabad Airport launches "first of its kind" cargo charter programme
GMR Hyderabad Airport Cargo has launched a "first of its kind" cargo charter programme that offers enhanced services for its members as it continues to target the market.The airport's Hyderabad Cargo Charter Circle (HC3) platform will provide additional free cargo storage time; single point of contact for all aspects related ...
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NewsDHL Express to invest €131m in Incheon hub expansion
DHL Gateway Incheon expansion projectDHL Express will invest €131m in expanding its hub at Incheon International Airport to meet expected growth in online sales in the Asia Pacific region.The investment will see DHL expand its Incheon Gateway facility to a gross floor area of 58,700 sq m from the current ...