Cargo airports – Page 53
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Changi sees airfreight volumes down 8.3% in February
Another large Asian cargo hub has reported a bad start to 2019 as Singapore Changi Airport saw year on year throughput fall 8.3% in February to reach 137,000 tonnes, .Airport management at Changi said that the slowdown in world trade saw "all cargo flows – exports, imports and transhipments – ...
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NewsClaws for celebration: Lobsters help Halifax Stanfield pot record cargo volumes in 2018
Nova Scotia seafood represented a “significant portion” of the record 36,938 tonnes of cargo processed at Canada’s Halifax Stanfield airport in 2018.The increase of 8.5% over 2017 marks the fifth consecutive year of cargo volume growth for the airport and comes as the hub begins work on a new logistics ...
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Dallas Fort Worth looks to India for pharma flows
Dallas Fort Worth International airport (DFW) is working with India’s Hyderabad airport to develop pharma product flows after the US hub’s cargo community gained IATA’s CEIV Pharma certification.John Ackerman, executive vice president of global strategy and development at DFW Airport, said: “We have been spending time in Hyderabad and Mumbai ...
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Hong Kong air cargo down 14.4% in February due to "unfavourable macroeconomic conditions"
Hong Kong International Airport (HKIA) saw cargo throughputs plunge 14.4% in February to 274,000 tonnes due to “unfavourable macroeconomic conditions”.The world’s number one cargo by volume in 2018 handled 676,000 tonnes in January and February 2019 for an 8.6% decrease compared to the same period in 2018.Said an HKIA spokesperson: ...
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CCN and Microsoft launch air cargo blockchain first
Singapore’s Cargo Community Network (CCN) and Microsoft have launched the world’s first blockchain-based air cargo billing, costing and reconciliation system.Announced at the IATA World Cargo Symposium, the system was developed following a hackathon organised by CCN and Microsoft and a two-month proof-of-concept that involved partners such as Singapore Airlines, SATS, ...
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Dallas Fort Worth airport gains CEIV Pharma
Dallas Fort Worth airport (DFW) has been awarded IATA’s Center of Excellence for Independent Validators (CEIV) Pharma certification.The Texan hub, which handled around 911,000 tons of airfreight in 2018, is one of only two airports in North America to gain CEIV Pharma certification.The airport teamed up with four DFW community ...
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NewsFresh approach for Hong Kong
Hong Kong International Airport (HKIA) is the first airport community in the world to be certified as an IATA CEIV Fresh Partner Airport.Perishable cargo volumes grew about 12% at the airport last year and are expected to keep growing. Perishables make up about 8% of total air cargo volume.Two of ...
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NewsAir cargo growth slowed in 2018, says ACI
Doha moved from 1th to 11th in the ratingsAir cargo volumes grew just 3.2% in 2018, compared with 7.7% in the previous year, according to preliminary world airport traffic rankings released by Airport Councils International (ACI).“The ongoing trade war between the United States and several of its closest trade partners ...
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NewsFirst companies awarded IATA Fresh certification
IATA and the Hong Kong cargo community celebrate the first CEIV Fresh certificationThe first companies have passed IATA's CEIV Fresh certification programme for the handling of perishable cargo.At the IATA World Cargo Symposium, IATA revealed that Cathay Pacific Services Limited (CPSL) and Hong Kong Air Cargo Terminals Limited (HACTL) are ...
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NewsVietnam Airlines switches Moscow airport
Vietnam Airlines will move its Moscow operations from Domodedovo to Sheremetyevo airport in July.Sheremetyevo International Airport is the largest and fastest growing Russian airport and this decision will also facilitate Vietnam Airlines’ partnership with Russia’s major carrier Aeroflot.The two airlines are looking to codeshare on domestic routes in Vietnam and ...
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Brussels Airport signs up to quality rating tool
Brussels has become the first European airport to sign up to TIACA’s Cargo Service Quality (CSQ) tool which allows forwarders to rate handlers via a comprehensive questionnaire developed by a TIACA taskforce.The online rating tool covers every aspect of air cargo processing, including physical and document handling, technology, facilities, regulators ...
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NewsAll the latest news from IATA's World Cargo Symposium 2019
As the global airfreight industry gathers in Singapore for IATA’s World Cargo Symposium 2019 (WCS19), the Air Cargo News editorial team of Damian Brett and Roger Hailey will be there to report from the must-attend event.Our refreshed, more user-friendly website, will have the latest news and analysis over the three ...
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CHAMP Cargosystems joins Luxembourg Open Innovation Club
Airfreight IT supplier CHAMP Cargosystems has joined the Luxembourg Open Innovation Club (LOIC).CHAMP aims to share and exchange its industry knowledge and expertise to assist the group’s mission to support corporate innovation.Located at the House of Startups, the initiative is dedicated to the broadening of business relations between large accounts, ...
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NewsAsia-Pacific and Middle East airports see cargo declines in December
Source: ACIAsian-Pacific airports saw a 2.5% decline in airfreight volumes during December 2018 while Middle East airports registered a 0.9% fall.Airports Council International (ACI) Asia-Pacific, posting its 2018 year end and full year traffic analysis, said that the December decreases were due to a “weakened global economy, reduction in exports ...
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Singapore airfreight down in January
Singapore's Changi Airport saw airfreight throughput decline for the second month in a row, with January's volumes falling 2.4% to 171,000 tonnes.January's decline follows a fall of 3.8% in December 2018 to 182,000 tonnes, versus the same month in 2017.In full year 2018, Changi saw airfreight throughput increase by 1.4% ...
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UK Government to tighten drone legislation
In the wake of London Gatwick Airport’s closure for about 36 hours in December as a response to sightings of at least one drone in prohibited airspace around the gateway, the UK Government has confirmed that it intends to tighten legislation governing no-fly zones around British airports.Heathrow also suspended flights ...
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Heathrow looks back on record 2018
The operator of London Heathrow Airport, Heathrow Airport Limited (HAL), has said that 2018 was a record year for the UK’s biggest and busiest air gateway.As well as handling a record number of passengers (80.1m), it also enjoyed an increase in revenue and profits compared to 2017.However, the picture was ...
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NewsWFS extends its lease on two facilities at Heathrow Cargo Centre
Worldwide Flight Services (WFS) has renewed its lease on two units it currently occupies at Heathrow Cargo Centre, the airside freight facility owned and managed by real estate investment trust SEGRO at the UK’s busiest airfreight gateway.The five-year leases are for airside units at 551 Shoreham Road and 552 Shoreham ...
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Hong Kong the latest airport to report weak start to the year for cargo
The world's busiest airport for cargo, Hong Kong, saw freight volumes decline by 4.2% in January to 401,000 tonnes."Uncertain global economic conditions contributed to decreases in cargo volume in January," the airport said.Imports and transhipments were affected the most, registering 8% and 6% year-on-year drops, respectively.Amongst key trading regions, cargo ...
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Frankfurt cargo volumes fall 4.3% in January
Cargo was the poor performer at Frankfurt airport in January, the only sector to register a decline versus the same month in 2018.Airfreight and airmail at the German airport, Europe's largest cargo hub, posted a 4.3% decline in January to 163,332 tonnes.A spokesperson for the airport's owner, Fraport, said: "Decisive ...