Cargo airports – Page 58
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Changi airfreight volumes remain stable for September
Airfreight throughput at Singapore Changi Airport remained stable in September at 185,000 tonnes, up just 0. 6% on the same month last year.The throughput brought the total for the nine months to 1.59 million tonnes, a rise of 2.3% year-on-year. The airport says growth was registered for all cargo flows ...
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Schiphol's van Pelt moving on to the next step in her career
Saskia van Pelt is leaving Amsterdam's Schiphol Airport after ten years working as the Dutch hub's director of business development cargo.Van Pelt has decided to move forward and take a next step in her professional career.Having experienced many changes and developments in the air cargo industry, van Pelt has indicated ...
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Special Economic Zone for Riyadh airport
Saudi Arabia is to open a Special Economic Zone focusing on integrated logistics in King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh.The Integrated Logistics Bonded Zone (ILBZ) has been assigned to the General Authority for Civil Aviation (GACA) and Saudi Arabian General Investment Authority (SAGIA) and is part of the Kingdom’s Vision ...
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Turkish Cargo preparing for its new home
Turkish Cargo is preparing for the opening of Istanbul New Airport which takes place with a grand ceremony on October 29.The carrier has confirmed that it will continue all of its cargo operations from Istanbul Atatürk Airport until December 31, 2018, at which point all bellyhold cargo will be flown ...
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Gatwick proposes capacity increase through routine use of standby runway
Gatwick Airport has published a draft masterplan to increase capacity at the UK hub which includes the option for the routine use of its existing standby runway by the mid-2020s.This would allow an extra 10-15 movements per hour, potentially increasing cargo from 102,000 tonnes today to 325,000 tonnes by 2032/33, ...
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Anchorage plans Quick Cargo Center for transit cargo
Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport (ANC) is seeking a public-private partnership to provide a storage facility for transit cargo at the Alaskan hub.The Quick Cargo Center (QCC) will be a secure, climate controlled facility next to the main cargo ramp, providing airfreight carriers the perfect opportunity to perform hub-and-spoke operations ...
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Typhoon Mangkhut hits Hong Kong's airfreight volumes
Hong Kong International Airport (HKIA) has blamed weather conditions for a slight fall in cargo and passenger volumes in September at the world's number one airfreight hub.It said that the decrease is “due primarily to Typhoon Mangkhut, which resulted in no flight movement for more than 20 hours”.Cargo and airmail ...
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Munich Airport suffers cargo decline in September
In September, Munich International Airport handled approximately 30,559 tons of cargo (freight and mail). This figure was down by 4.1% on the same month of 2017.Over the first nine months of this year, the Bavarian gateway handled 273,582 tons of cargo, down by 2.3% year on year.A spokesperson from Munich ...
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AirBridgeCargo to set up its European hub at Liege Airport
Liege Airport and AirBridgeCargo Airlines (ABC) have signed a ten year lease agreement that will contribute to an annual total of 1m tonnes at the hub from all airlines by 2020.The agreement comes after a Memorandum of Understanding signed between Liege Airport and ABC parent, the Volga-Dnepr Group, during the ...
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AIPUT gains planning permission for new dnata cargo facility at Heathrow
Airport Industrial Property Unit Trust (AIPUT) fund has secured local council planning permission for its 250,000 sq ft dnata City East warehouse on a site opposite the existing Heathrow Cargo Terminal.London Borough of Hounslow’s Planning Committee signalled its approval for the new facility, which has been designed to meet the ...
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Heathrow cargo volumes rise in September
London Heathrow Airport saw its cargo volumes rise by 1.2% in September compared to the same month of last year, reaching 142,343 tonnes.Heathrow also saw its August year on year cargo volumes rise by 1.2%.Traffic routeing through the key market of North America experienced particularly good growth last month – ...
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BUD airport links up with HAM and DUS to connect differently
Second-tier hubs Budapest (BUD), Düsseldorf (DUS) and Hamburg (HAM) airports have joined forces to promote their cargo operations under the slogan 'Connect Differently'.The niche European trio are all investing in new facilities and equipment, as cargo volumes at the three airports continue to grow.Budapest Airport in Hungary last month started ...
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Cargo flying high at Brussels in September
Cargo volumes passing through Brussels Airport increased by 2.5% in September compared to the same month last year.A total of 58,051 tons of cargo (trucked and flown) passed through the Belgian capital’s main gateway last month.Of the three components of flown cargo volumes, full-freighter volumes were up by 9.5% year ...
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ACI: airfreight slowdown continues
The latest figures from Airports Council International (ACI) indicate a slowdown in freight growth in June, with increasing protectionism and the ongoing trade war between the US and China – the world’s main markets for air cargo – likely to maintain the downward trend.Angela Gittens, ACI World director general, said: ...
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Rutges and JM Logistics the first to take space at AMS Cargo Center II
Rutges Cargo Europe and sister company J.M. Logistics have become the first tenant of new warehouse development AMS Cargo Center II at Schiphol Logistics Park.The firms have signed a long-term lease agreement which includes 6,000 sq metres of warehouse space with 82 parking spaces for trucks and trailers.AMS Cargo Center ...
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Autonomous snowploughs to be tested at Oslo airport
Project Yeti, using autonomous snowploughs to clear the runway, will go live at Oslo’s Fagernes Airport in Norway for the first time this winter.The planned introduction of the revolutionary technology, in a pilot scheme alongside driver-controlled vehicles, follows a successful first phase earlier this year.Two autonomous vehicles will be operating ...
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Hong Kong airport sees cargo return to growth in August
Hong Kong International Airport (HKIA) saw cargo traffic return to growth in August after volumes were flat in July.The world's busiest cargo airport saw demand increase by 2.4% year on year in August to 431,000 tonnes.HKIA said: “The airport saw strong 9% year-on-year growth in transhipments, which contributed the most ...
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NewsWork starts on Budapest's Cargo City
Construction work has started on Budapest Airport’s (BUD) new dedicated freight centre, Cargo City, with the facility due to be handed over in the fourth quarter of 2019.The €32.6m investment in a 20,000 sq m cargo handling facility and dedicated freighter stands will centralise cargo operations at the Hungarian hub ...
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World's top cargo airports: Hong Kong and Memphis top the rankings
The world's top 20 airports saw cargo demand increase by 6.8% year on year in 2017, with Hong Kong topping the table and none of the leading airports registering a decline in demand.The annual statistics from the airport group show that the leading airfreight hubs handled 50.6m metric tonnes of ...
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Dutch government set to assess airfreight's contribution to the nation's economy
Dutch infrastructure minister Cora van Nieuwenhuizen looks set to launch an investigation into airfreight's contribution to the Netherlands economy, with the conclusions fed into the European country's pending new aviation bill.Dutch logistics publication Nieuwsblad Transport reports that the idea of a study came in a government spokesperson's response to questions ...