Cargo airports – Page 60
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Ethiopian to launch Oslo-Guangzhou freighter to net seafood traffic
Ethiopian Airlines will start a Boeing 777 freighter operation between Oslo Airport and Guagnzhou in September as it looks to capitalise on seafood volume growth between Norway and China.The airport said that Norway is expected to generate more than 230,000 tons of seafood airfreight in 2018."We are pleased that our ...
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European airports see cargo traffic growth slow in H1
European airports saw traffic growth continue to slow during June, pulling down overall performance during the first half of 2018.Figures from Airports Council International (ACI) Europe show that cargo traffic at European airports increased by 1.6% year on year in June, while over the first six months of the year ...
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Capacity bottlenecks contribute to half-year dip in Frankfurt cargo volumes
Frankfurt airport's cargo volumes dipped 0.4% in the first half of 2018, hindered by "temporary capacity bottlenecks" in cargo handling, a decline in Far East-bound traffic and reduced German industrial output.Reporting its interim six months financial results, airport operator Fraport said that Germany's number one cargo hub handled 1,075,247 tonnes ...
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Mixed outlook for airports but May's cargo volumes pick up speed
Global airfreight volumes “picked up speed” in May, registering a 5.1% year-on-year increase despite comparison with a high octane month in 2017.The latest monthly statistics from Airports Council International (ACI) World warned that the outlook for global airfreight is “currently mixed”, with trade tensions and inflation up in May, but ...
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Anchorage first half airport volumes on top of the world
Alaska's Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport (ANC) reported a 5.2% rise in first half 2018 cargo volumes to more than 1.34m tonnes."Anchorage Airport’s strategic location gives air cargo operators the ability to fly fully-loaded aircraft between Asia, the US, Europe, and Latin America," said Jim Szczesniak, airport manager at the ...
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Fraport sells its 30% stake in Hannover Airport
Frankfurt Airport Services Worldwide (Fraport) is to sell its entire 30% stake in niche German hub Hannover airport to iCON Flughafen (iCON) for €109.2m.In 2017, the northern German airport handled 16,861 tonnes of cargo, down from just under 19,000 tonnes the year before.Flughafen Hannover-Langenhagen (FHLG) is the operating company at ...
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DHL and United Nations step up disaster response training
Deutsche Post DHL (DP DHL) and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) are stepping up their training programme for disaster preparedness training for Indian airports.The two organisations are expanding Get Airports Ready for Disaster (GARD) programme with officials and experts from the Airports Authority of India (AAI).This programme will include ...
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Schiphol sees cargo demand slide in H1 as slot limit takes its toll
Schiphol Airport saw its cargo volumes decline by 2.6% in the first half of the year as a result of fewer freighter services.The airport handled a total of 844,317 tonnes of cargo during the first six months of 2018, compared with 866,971 tonnes during the same period in 2017.Belly cargo ...
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Hactl's Wilson Kwong: Recognising the power of people
The people side of the air cargo industry is one that is often overlooked, but the subject is growing in importance as reports suggest that the sector could be facing a shortage of workers.One company that says it has always taken employee engagement seriously is Hong Kong Air Cargo Terminals ...
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ACI: Airport volumes up in April but growth starting to subside versus 2017
Airports Council International (ACI) World reported that April's freight volumes increased 4.5%, outpacing a slow March, with the market displaying "some resilience" despite the threat of trade wars, although the high growth of 2017 is "starting to subside".ACI's month-by-month passenger and freight statistics are based on a significant sample of ...
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Segro: Planning to replace Heathrow's cargo 'horseshoe'
Heathrow’s cargo landlord, Segro, is already planning for the complicated construction jigsaw that will see the 1960s design ‘horseshoe’ cargo area replaced by a modern cargo city when a third runway opens.Late June saw Members of Parliament in the House of Commons vote 415 to 119 in favour of Heathrow ...
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UK sites bid to become logistics hubs for Heathrow's construction work
After the positive vote by Parliament for Heathrow’s expansion, airport management has visited 65 UK sites bidding to host a logistics hub for the construction work supply chain.The Heathrow Logistics Hubs are integral to the airport’s plans to ensure that the whole UK benefits from the expansion, helping to spread ...
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Technology can unlock Heathrow's latent airfreight capacity
Heathrow has Parliamentary approval for a future third runway but the airport’s head of cargo, Nick Platts, believes that better use now of new technology in the cargo centre can “unlock latent capacity” to handle increased airfreight volumes.Platts, speaking at the Farnborough International Airshow, said: “The new runway will double ...
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Air cargo as a UK engine of growth in a post-Brexit world
As Britain heads for the exit door to leave the European Union (Brexit), the head of UK flag carrier CargoLogicAir (CLA) outlined the need for negotiators in London and Brussels to recognise the importance of airfreight in future cross border trade.David Kerr, chief executive of CLA, said that the B747F ...
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Councils set for court challenge on Heathrow's third runway
A group of local authority councils around Heathrow Airport is to seek a judicial review of the UK government's support for a third runway at the London hub.The group has today (July 19) formally notified the Secretary of State for Transport, Chris Grayling, that it will launch a legal challenge ...
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Hactl in the pilot seat for IATA's Smart Facility Operational Capacity Audit
Hong Kong Air Cargo Terminals Limited (Hactl) is the first cargo terminal operator (CTO) to complete a pilot for IATA’s Smart Facility Operational Capacity Audit (SFOC).SFOC is part of the Smart Facility program which aims to provide total transparency on capacities and services offered by CTOs, by means of a ...
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Hong Kong Airport on course for another record year for cargo
Hong Kong International Airport (HKIA) is set for another record year after handling 2.5m tonnes of cargo and airmail in the first six months of 2018, a 3.5% year-on-year increase.HKIA attributed the cargo growth largely to transhipments. In June, the airport handled 424,000 tonnes of cargo and airmail, increasing 0.9%.Transhipments ...
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Mixed June for MAG's UK airports
UK airport group MAG saw cargo throughput fall at two of its three hubs in June.Manchester airport recorded a 7% fall in June to 10,187 tonnes, while London-Stansted saw its volumes decline 2.2% to 21,637 tonnes.UK express operators hub East Midlands airport saw its monthly cargo volumes edge ahead 0.9% ...
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Frankfurt cargo decline in June, volumes static for first six months of 2018
Germany's Frankfurt airport saw a 2.8% decline in freight and mail volumes in June, to just under 183,000 tonnes, while year to date throughputs for the the first six months of 2018 were near static at 1.09m tonnesCargo was the only negative for Europe's largest airfreight hub, which recorded a ...
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Edmonton aims for CEIV Pharma certificate
Edmonton International Airport (EIA) will become the first airport community in Canada to pursue IATA's CEIV pharma certification.The airport said achieving the certification would ensure the airport community "meets the highest global standard for transporting pharmaceutical products by air".“Edmonton International Airport is excited to begin the CEIV Pharma Certification with ...