Cargo airports – Page 55
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A record year for cargo at Budapest
Budapest Airport (BUD) processed a record amount of freight in 2018, with volumes increasing by 14.9% year on year to 146,113 tonnes.It is the third year in a row the airport has recorded double-digit growth as it has welcomed new freighter services from AirBridgeCargo and Silk Way West Airlines this ...
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Airport group warns of uncertain outlook for cargo in 2019
Airports Council International (ACI) has warned of an uncertain outlook for cargo volumes during the coming year.ACI pointed to "significant" volatility in cargo volumes between August and November, with year-on-year growth figures ranging from 3.7% growth in October to a 0.3% decline in November.The gains produced by the industry in ...
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WFS achieves IATA CEIV Pharma at Amsterdam Schiphol
Worldwide Flight Services (WFS) has gained IATA's CEIV Pharma certification for its pharmaceutical handling facilities at Schiphol Airport, a key European hub for healthcare and life science products.WFS provides dedicated temperature-controlled facilities at Amsterdam for pharma products requiring both 2-8°C and 15-25°C environments.In preparation for its CEIV audit, WFS carried ...
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Chicago RFD and Leipzig form partnership targeting a direct freighter service
Chicago Rockford International Airport (RFD) and Leipzig/Halle Airport (LEJ) have formed a strategic partnership they hope will lead to a freighter service between the two hubs.The partnership will see the two airports integrate business systems, share knowledge on IT systems and platforms, strengthen Germany-Illinois trade to support air cargo and ...
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DHL Express to speed up delivery with new Copenhagen centre
DHL Express will speed up delivery times from Denmark with the opening of a DKr1bn hub at Copenhagen Airport.The new centre, located on the eastern freight area of the airport and due to open in 2023, will measure 26,172 sq m and will be able to handle nearly 37,000 packages ...
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Uni-top expands in Europe with Luxembourg freighter service
China-based Uni-top Airlines has launched a new scheduled freighter service between its Wuhan hub and Luxembourg.The three weekly flights will be operated by a leased Boeing 747-400 freighter (ER-BAJ), which was previously used by the now defunct Centurion. The first flight took place on January 15."The flights will connect the ...
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Strong cargo growth for Brussels Airport in 2018
Brussels Airport saw 2018 cargo volumes grow by 7.5% over prior year to reaching 731.600 tons, helped by an increase in trucked freight and a boom in the Latin America markets.Said a spokesperson: “This is a very nice result and makes us very happy. But even more interesting is to ...
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Europe's airports register a cargo decline for the first time in three years
The slowdown in cargo demand growth began to bite at European airports in November as hubs in the region recorded a decline in volumes for the first time in three years.The latest statistics from Airports Council International (ACI) Europe show that the region’s airports recorded a year-on-year decline in cargo ...
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Another record breaking year for cargo at Hong Kong
The world’s busiest freight hub, Hong Kong International Airport (HKIA), had another record breaking year for cargo in 2018 with volumes rising to 5.1m tonnes.In 2018, HKIA saw cargo volumes increase by 1.5% after becoming the first airport to handle more than 5m tonnes the year before.However, while it was ...
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Heathrow registers slight increase in cargo demand in 2018
The UK's busiest cargo airport Heathrow registered a 0.1% increase in cargo volumes last year with North American cargo leading the way.The London hub processed 1.7m tonnes of cargo last year, with North American volumes making up 600,000 tonnes and Asia Pacific second with 510,000 tonnes.While the improvement is down ...
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Liege records 21.5% surge in 2018 cargo volumes
Liege Airport, the Belgian cargo hub, handled 870,644 tonnes in 2018, a 21.5% surge over the previous year.Said Luc Partoune, Liege Airport chief executive: “This is a new record. Since Liege Airport was established in 1990, we have never achieved such a level of tonnage. This confirms we are on ...
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New powers for UK Police to restrict illegal drone use
Britain’s police forces are to receive tough new powers to curb the illegal use of drones following December’s shutdown of Gatwick Airport when drones were spotted near the UK hub’s runway.The minister in charge at the Department for Transport (DfT), transport secretary Chris Grayling, said today in a statement: “The ...
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UK prepares for "very significant" disruption on ferry routes after a Hard-Brexit
The UK government has warned of “very significant” disruption on Dover Straits ferry routes if additional customs checks are introduced at French ports Calais, Coquelles and Dunkirk in the event of a hard Brexit, when Britain leaves the European Union on March 29.A statement from Chris Grayling, the secretary of ...
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Hong Kong and Brussels airports launch pharma corridor
Hong Kong International Airport (HKIA) and Brussels Airport have launched an airport-to-airport (A2A) pharma corridor for temperature-sensitive medicines that will pioneer a global network of specialist pharma corridors.Pharma shipments travelling the Hong Kong-Brussels airports corridor will be handled in strict compliance with the CEIV Pharma standards and carried by CEIV ...
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Full opening of Istanbul's new airport pushed back to March 3
This week’s full opening of the new Istanbul Airport for passenger flights has been delayed for the second time, until March 3, according to press reports.Turkish Airlines and other carriers were scheduled to launch passenger services at the final phase €10.5bn hub on Tuesday after a mass migration of airline ...
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Delhi on a monthly high for airport cargo volumes in October
Cargo throughput at airports in the Asia-Pacific and the Middle East regions grew by +2.6% and +1.8% respectively in October 2018, amid the ongoing trade disputes between China and the US.The latest monthly statistics from Airports Council International (ACI) Asia-Pacific show that, among the major cargo hubs, Delhi (DEL) had ...
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VINCI to pay £2.9bn for 50.1% stake in Gatwick Airport
VINCI Airports has signed an agreement valued at £2.9bn to acquire a 50.01% stake in the UK’s Gatwick Airport Ltd.The purchase from current shareholders Global Infrastructure Partners (GIP) is expected to complete in the first half of 2019.The other 49.99% in Gatwick will be managed by GIP, an independent infrastructure ...
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Frankfurt-Hahn hails new freighter routes to China
Germany's Frankfurt-Hahn Airport reported that it has seen a 58.4% increase in freight volumes from January to October 2018, compared with the same period in 2017.Frankfurt-Hahn, in which China's HNA Airport Group has a majority stake, handled around 127,000 tons of freight in 2017.The federal state of Hesse holds 17.5%.A ...
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Gatwick Airport flights re-start after drone causes chaos
The UK's Gatwick Airport said that flights were beginning to get underway this morning after drone activity caused the airport to close yesterday.The airport said that the runway opened at 6am and it expected 765 arrivals and departures today, although delays are expected throughout the day.Meanwhile, the drone operator has ...
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Gatwick update: Flights cancelled up to at least 1600 today
Media statement as of 13:45 Thursday 20th December:Gatwick Airport’s runway remains unavailable because of drone sightings. We have advised all airlines to cancel flights up to at least 16:00 this afternoon, while keeping the situation under constant review.There is significant disruption at Gatwick and our terminals are extremely busy. We ...