Cargo airports – Page 54
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Slow start for UK cargo hubs
London's Heathrow airport saw a 1.8% fall in cargo volumes during January to 130,700 tonnes but was not alone among UK gateways as Manchester and London Stansted also registered monthly declines, while express hub East Midlands Airport bucked the downward trend.Heathrow’s best performing markets for cargo were Africa, with growth ...
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Swissport to acquire 100% stake in Heathrow Cargo Handling
Swissport has taken 100% control of Heathrow Cargo Handling Ltd (HCH) after acquiring the 50% stake held by joint venture partner Air France. Terms were not disclosed.Last year, the HCH joint venture, with a workforce of some 120 employees, handled over 150,000 tons of air cargo, seven percent more than ...
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Freighter cut-backs see Brussels cargo volumes fall 3.2% in January
A sharp decline in maindeck cargo on freighters saw Brussels Airport's monthly cargo volumes fall 3.2% in January 2019 , despite an increase in bellyhold and trucked cargo.The European hub handled 55,030 tons last month, down from 56,846 tons in January 2017.Said a spokesperson for the Belgian airport: “Cargo carried ...
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European airports say declining freight volumes are "hard to ignore"
European airports saw freight traffic slow as 2018 drew to a close, with demand decreases registered in the last two months of the year.Data from Airports Council International (ACI) Europe show that freight traffic at airports in Europe declined by 2.2% year on year in December, following on from a ...
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Lufthansa Cargo's Gloy to lead Frankfurt freight group
The Air Cargo Community Frankfurt board have unanimously voted in favour of Harald Gloy as the new Chairman of the Board.Gloy, who is currently Lufthansa Cargo's director of operations, replaces Soeren Stark as he joined the Lufthansa Technik executive board in Hamburg from the cargo division at the beginning of ...
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WFS opens new Brussels cargo facility
Cargo handler Worldwide Flight Services (WFS) has opened a new cargo handling facility at Brussels Airport.The new 8,700 sq m facility, developed by Montea, began operations on February 1. It is part of a wider development project within the cargo zone of Brussels Airport.A 50,000 sq m building will be ...
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FedEx signs up for Bahrain airport's new cargo area
US parcel giant FedEx has signed a letter of intent for warehouse space at Bahrain International Airport’s (BIA) new 25,000 sq m cargo area, sited near the northern runway.The facility, which has two further tenants waiting in the wings, comprises warehouses, aircraft parking, and associated infrastructure aimed at handling air ...
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Asia-Pacific and Middle East airports see volume declines in November
Airports in the Asia-Pacific and the Middle East regions experienced a decline in November 2018 volumes of 2.1% and 0.7% respectively.Airports Council International (ACI) blamed "a weakened global economy and reduction in manufacturing activities" for the regional declines.Among the major cargo hubs, Qatar's Doha hub +5.6% had the highest increase ...
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Turkish Cargo to start operations at Istanbul Airport in March
Turkish Cargo has confirmed that it will begin offering services from Istanbul Airport from its opening on March 2.From that date, the airline will cut its passenger services over to the new hub while freighter flights will continue at Ataturk Airport until later in the year."Following the commissioning of the ...
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Perishables and e-commerce boost Anchorage cargo volumes in 2018
A boom in e-commerce and perishables traffic helped Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport record a 2.5% rise in 2018 airfreight volumes to 2.8m tonnes.Management at the world’s fifth busiest air cargo hub said that Anchorage is "strategically located between the world’s two largest economies which happen to be the two ...
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Pharma and horses perform well for LuxairCargo
Pharma shipments at Luxembourg Airport surged by 22% in 2018 to reach 36,830 tons, although overall cargo tonnages at the European hub edged ahead by just 2% to 957,000 tons, all handled by LuxairCargo.The airport, home hub for freighter operator Cargolux, handled 2,524 horses last year, an increase of 58% ...
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Freighter losses pull down cargo traffic at Schiphol
Schiphol Airport saw total cargo volumes decrease by 2.5% year on year to 1.7m tonnes in 2018 as a result of a decline in freighter flights.Europe's number three airport saw full freighter movements decrease by 10.4% during the year to 15,942 as slot restrictions resulted in all-cargo carriers utilising nearby ...
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Miami airport and Brazilian Post Office launch expedited shipping for e-commerce
Miami International Airport (MIA) and Brazilian post office Correios have launched an expedited shipping service for e-commerce packages.The Compra Fora (Buy Outside) programme allows express global deliveries sent to Brazil via Miami to be pre-cleared by Correios, and arrive in Brazil as domestic cargo “within days” instead of what used ...
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Operator of Istanbul's new airport confirms March 3 as launch date for full passenger services
Istanbul's new mega airport will launch "full passenger operations" on March 3 this year, two months later than planned.İGA Airport, the group which built and will operate the Istanbul hub under a 25 year concession, has now confirmed officially the new opening date, following press speculation.İGA said in a statement: ...
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Changi airfreight edges up 1.4% to 2.1m tonnes in 2018
Singapore Changi Airport saw 2018 full year airfreight throughput increase by 1.4% to reach 2.15m tonnes although December saw cargo volumes dip 3.8% versus prior year to 182,000 tonnes.Said a spokesperson for the Asian hub: "Growth was observed for airfreight throughput across all segments – exports, imports and transshipments. For ...
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Malpensa cargo volumes dip in 2018 but rebound expected in 2019
Italy's Milan Malpensa Airport (MXP) handled 558,218 tons in 2018, a 3.2% decline on the year before, but management predicts a recovery in volumes for 2019.A spokesperson for SEA Group, which manages Milan's two main airports of Malpensa and Linate, said: "The slight decrease, after four years of consistent growth ...
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Moscow's Sheremetyevo cargo traffic up 5.5% in 2018
A surge in international volumes flown by Aeroflot and AirBridgeCargo (ABC) helped Moscow’s Sheremetyevo airport handle more than 300,000 tonnes of cargo in 2018, up by 5.5% over prior year.A spokesperson for the Russian hub said that international cargo volumes rose by more than 7% to more than 220,000 tonnes.The ...
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Miami reports record cargo volumes in 2018
Miami International Airport (MIA) handled record volumes of cargo last year on the back of new freighter services.The Florida airport saw cargo volumes increase by 60,000 tons to 2.3m tons last year as three new cargo carriers launched operations last year.Southern Air began weekly all-cargo service to Hong Kong in ...
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Leipzig/Halle sets record cargo tonnages for 14th successive year
Freight volumes at Germany’s Leipzig/Halle Airport rose for the fourteenth year in succession and increased to just over 1.2m tonnes in 2018, a 7.3% rise on prior year.Saxony’s economic affairs and transport minister, Martin Dulig, said of the freight increase: “Leipzig/Halle has consolidated its position as one of the top ...
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Chicago Rockford cargo volumes up 55% in 2018
Chicago Rockford International Airport (RFD) saw cargo volumes soar by 55% in 2018 as UPS increased its flights to the Illinois hub.In total, the airport handled 969,464 tonnes of cargo last year, which is a new record. RFD said that it is home to second largest UPS hub in North ...