Cargo airports – Page 59
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Istanbul New Airport gears up for opening it doors
Management at Istanbul New Airport are readying for the big day on October 29 when the huge new gateway accepts its first passengers and cargo.H Kadri Samsunlu, chief executive and general manager of İGA, the company awarded the build and operate contract for the new mega-hub, said that every little ...
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Frankfurt's August cargo volumes up by 0.8%
Germany's Frankfurt airport saw a slight increase in cargo volumes in August, up by just 0.8% year on year to 182,589 tonnes, although airfreight and airmail throughputs for first eight months of 2018 are down 0.7% to just over 1.4m tonnes.The slight improvement in August at Europe's number one cargo ...
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Ground handler LUG reorganises management structure
Frankfurt-based air cargo ground handler LUG has re-organised its management structure, stating that the changes will provide "a sustainable, future oriented network structure".Patrik Tschirch, LUG managing director and chief executive, now leads the expanded LUG network and is responsible for the stations in Frankfurt/Main, Munich, and Hamburg as well as ...
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Greenville-Spartanburg airport to invest in new cargo facilities after recent growth
Greenville-Spartanburg International Airport (GSP) will soon break ground on a new $30m cargo warehouse and ramp to meet continuing growth at the US airport.The 110,000 sq ft warehouse and 13-acre cargo ramp are scheduled to open in the spring of 2019. It will be able to accommodate three Boeing 747-800 ...
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Heathrow volumes edge ahead in August
London's Heathrow Airport saw cargo volumes grow by 1.2% in August to 140,738 tonnes, with airfreight growth led by the US, with over 50,000 tonnes travelling to and from the world's largest economy.For the eight month year to date, Heathrow handled just over 1.1m tonnes between January and August 2018, ...
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Istanbul New Airport goes live on October 31
Istanbul New Airport has confirmed that the new Turkish gateway will open for passenger flights on 31 October, with the existing main city gateway, Atatürk closing on the same day.Istanbul New Airport said that an official opening ceremony would take place on October 29, the 95th anniversary of the Republic ...
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New tanks to fuel Edmonton’s cargo growth
Edmonton International Airport (EIA) and Shell Aviation broke ground on September 5 on two new 2m litre refuelling tanks to cope with an upsurge in freight business.The new tanks at the airport’s cargo village will be purpose-built for handling full freighters and will improve turn-around times for flights.EIA president and ...
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Typhoon Jebi brings Osaka to a standstill
Osaka Kansai International Airport remains closed as a result of Typhoon Jebi that made landfall in Japan on September 4, causing significant damage to the gateway’s Terminal 1 as well as other destruction and several deaths across the country.The gateway, which was flooded on Tuesday, said all flights are currently ...
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Changi welcomes express carrier SF Airlines to Singapore
SF Airlines has begun weekly Boeing 767 Freighter flights from Shenzhen to Singapore’s Changi Airport – the first time a Chinese express carrier has operated services between the two countries.A statement from Changi Airport said that China is its largest air cargo market, accounting for more than 270,000 tonnes of ...
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Royal Air Maroc to fly to Miami
Moroccan flag-carrier Royal Air Maroc (RAM) is to launch the first-ever Miami-Casablanca route on April 3 next year in a move that will give Miami International Airport (MIA) its first passenger flight connection to Africa since 2000.Florida’s only non-stop service to Africa will be operated three times a week by ...
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Kochi Airport re-opens following Kerala floods
India’s Kochi Airport re-opened as some semblance of normality returns to the country’s Kerala region following a period of sustained and heavy flooding.Indian carrier Jet Airways has been amongst those to offer assistance, in its case agreeing to waive airfreight charges on all domestic cargo shipments of relief material flown ...
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Leading airfreight operator calls for more from African airports
Sanjeev Gadhia, the founder and chief executive of Astral Aviation, an all-cargo carrier based at Nairobi’s Jomo Kenyatta International Airport, as well as a TIACA director and vice chairman of the African Airlines Association (AFRAA) Cargo Task Force, has made a plea on behalf of freighter carriers for African airports ...
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New Tianjin Airlines service flies into Heathrow from Chongqing
Heathrow has welcomed its first scheduled flight arriving directly from the Chinese city of Chongqing.Operated by Tianjin Airlines, the inaugural flight of what is a three times a week A330-200 service landed at the UK’s busiest air gateway this past weekend.The service will offer capacity for up to 3,744 tonnes ...
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Changi on the up in July
Singapore Changi Airport handled 183,000 tonnes of cargo in July, up by 2.1% on the same month of 2017.The July cargo traffic figure was also up on the 170,000 tonnes recoded in the previous month, and indeed was higher than any other month of this year except March.So far this ...
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Conrady to take over cargo role at Frankfurt Airport
Frankfurt Airport (Fraport) will have a new senior vice president, cargo development and management, from November this year, when Max Phillip Conrady takes over from Felix Kreutel.Conrady is currently Fraport's head of operations planning terminal management at Frankfurt.Kreutel, who is to take up a new position within the Germany airport ...
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Plans for a cargo airport at Manston receive a boost
Developers hoping to re-open Manston airport in the south east of the UK received a boost this week when the government planning inspectorate accepted an application for a development consent order (DCO).By accepting the application, the government inspectorate has agreed that the project meets the standards required to proceed with ...
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WFS wins the contract to operate Oslo Airport seafood centre
Cargo handler Worldwide Flight Services (WFS) has won the contract to operate the new seafood centre at Oslo Airport being built to cater for rising demand for perishable exports from the region.The Seafood Center will handle up to 250,000 tons of seafood annually in a facility designed to meet "industry ...
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Hong Kong cargo static in July but transhipments soar
Hong Kong International Airport (HKIA) saw July's cargo and airmail throughputs static versus the same month last year at 433,000 tonnes, although volumes are up 3.1% for the first seven months of 2018 at 2.9m tonnes.The airport operator at the world's number one airfreight hub said that transshipment cargo recorded ...
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Fewer freighters fuel Frankfurt's 6.4% cargo decrease in July
A decrease in freighter flights contributed to Frankfurt airport's 6.4% decline in cargo traffic (airfreight + airmail) last month to 75,960 tonnes, the only business to falter during a busy July at the hub.Airport operator Fraport said that the monthly air cargo decline was "attributable, among other things, to a ...
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FedEx Express expands at SBD International Airport
The San Bernardino International Airport Authority and FedEx Express have agreed to begin regular scheduled air cargo flights into the hub.In conjunction with the new daily flights, which will begin in October, FedEx will occupy a 57,000 sq ft facility under a 10-year agreement."The activity at SBD International Airport will ...