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Frankfurt remains Europe’s busiest cargo airport in 2017
Airport operator Fraport has declared “a highly successful 2017 fiscal year” (ending December 31) as combined revenues across the group grew by almost 13.5% to €2.93bn.Increased earnings from the group’s Ground Services division (which includes cargo handling) had a positive effect on overall revenues, rising by €8.1m in comparison to ...
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Ontario: double-digit cargo growth
Ontario International Airport has posted year-on-year growth of 19.8% in its cargo throughput for February.The double-digit rise in volumes saw 50,449 tonnes of cargo moving through the Californian gateway.Mail rose by 2.6% year on year, to 2,182 tonnes for the month. The combined freight and mail total was 52,631 tonnes, ...
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Schiphol data sharing platform blooms
As part of its Smart Cargo Mainport Program (SCMP), Amsterdam Airport Schiphol is now linking critical flower shipment data to air waybills at source, the Dutch gateway announced at the IATA World Cargo Symposium currently under way in Dallas, Texas.The SCMP aims to increase efficiencies at Schiphol through increased data ...
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IoT “pivotal” to cut logistics carbon footprint
Research carried out by global mobile satellite communications provider Inmarsat suggests that the Internet of Things (IoT) has a “pivotal” role in helping the transport and logistics sector to reduce its carbon footprint.With 95% of companies in the sector using IoT technologies as part of their environmental sustainability efforts, the ...
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Frankfurt cargo traffic improves
Cargo throughput at Frankfurt Airport totalled 163,121 tonnes in February, up by 2.2% over the same month of last year.The increase follows January’s slight drop, as reported in ACI Europe’s latest figures yesterday.The German gateway’s cargo traffic for 2018 to date stands at 329,686 tonnes, up 1.3% compared to the ...
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Freight growth uptick in Europe
Freight traffic growth at European airports picked up in January, improving by 8.4% year on year according to ACI Europe.Airports in EU countries achieved growth of 6.4% for the month while non-EU airports fared significantly better, their cargo traffic increasing by 19.3% compared to January 2017.As listed by the ACI ...
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DHL to amalgamate Vienna operations
DHL Global Forwarding and DHL Freight, part of Deutsche Post DHL Group, have signed a contract to purchase land near Vienna Airport in order to develop a 60,000 sq m freight hub for Eastern Europe.The DHL Campus Vienna Airport will bring together land, air and ocean freight capabilities that were ...
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E-commerce helps Budapest reach new high
Budapest Airport saw its cargo throughput reach a record high of 127,145 tonnes in 2017.The figure represents a rise of 13.4% in comparison to the previous year’s total – and 2018 is off to a similarly encouraging start, with January and February volumes up 17.4% over the same two months ...
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Benschop to replace Nijhuis as CEO of Schiphol
Royal Schiphol Group has appointed Dick Benschop as its new chief executive effective May 1, when Jos Nijhuis will retire from his role as head of the airport.Benschop said: “Schiphol is a special place and wonderful company that I have worked for previously. I am really looking forward to the ...
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Growth continues at UK gateways
The UK’s busiest airport, London Heathrow, saw its cargo performance soar in February. Up by 5% year on year, the gateway’s cargo traffic was at a record high for the 19th consecutive month, at 133,140 tonnes.Heathrow said the increase was mainly due to growth in North American and East Asian ...
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Brussels Airport reveals €100m investment in cargo facilities
Brussels Airport has revealed plans to invest €100m in new logistics facilities as it looks to ensure it can meet future demand.The investments include a building of no less than 50,000 sq m on the west side of Brucargo - the hub's cargo area - with direct apron connection for ...
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UK export index on the rise as Brexit looms
A new report commissioned by Heathrow Airport management suggests that the UK export climate is in its "strongest position" since the year 2000The quarterly Export Climate Index (ECI) tracks the health of the UK’s export economy and its impacts on families and businesses across the country.The index, carried out by ...
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HKIA achieves IATA cargo pharma certification
Hong Kong International Airport (HKIA) has been recognised as a Partner Airport of IATA’s CEIV Pharma programme.HKIA said it is one of the few airports to achieve this airport-wide certification, meaning it has "demonstrated expertise in handling the entire airside pharmaceutical transportation process end-to-end, from the time an aircraft lands ...
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NewsLights on for first runway at Istanbul New Airport: VIDEO
The lights have been switched on for the number one runway at the new Istanbul airport in Turkey which is scheduled to open at the end of October this year (Scroll down for video).The first runway at Istanbul New Airport, claimed to be the world’s largest airport project built from ...
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Year end 2017 cargo surge at Asia-Pacific and Middle East airport hubs
Airfreight tonnages at Asia-Pacific and Middle East airports grew 4.8% and 2.1% respectively in December according to regional airport body ACI Asia-Pacific.Growth continued to be driven by "buoyant demand on exports, improved business confidence and growing e-commerce activities" in the Asia-Pacific region.The top airports for cargo throughput increases were: Hong ...
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SF Express airport plan gains government approval
The Chinese government has approved SF Express’ plan to build a 2.4m tonne capacity airport in the country’s Hubei province.The State Council and the Central Military Commission of the Communist Party of China has now approved construction of the yuan37.3bn airport in Ezhou, according to a circular issued on February ...
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Dutch shipper groups respond to plans to merge Schiphol Cargo
Three leading Dutch shipper and forwarder groups have said they hope the merger of Schiphol's cargo and aviation marketing divisions will have "no negative consequences" for air cargo and have called for talks with the hub.Last week news emerged that from April 1 Schiphol will combine the two divisions led ...
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Changi sees cargo growth accelerate in January
Changi Airport saw air cargo demand get off to a flyer in January as growth accelerated ahead of levels registered in 2017.The Singapore airport handled 175,590 tonnes of cargo in January, an increase of 10.7% on a year earlier.The January increase follows a record breaking 2017 when cargo demand increased ...
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UK exporters warned they could be held back by lack of air cargo access
Heathrow Airport has warned that the UK's exporters could be held back by a lack of access to markets unless a new runway is built at the hub.The UK's largest cargo airport, which is hoping to add a new runway, said that the latest cargo volume statistics show that services ...
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DHL opens new hub in Brussels, story update
DHL Express has officially opened its new regional hub at Brussels Airport, almost quadrupling the integrator's handling capacity at the European gateway.An investment of over €140m, including lease expenses, has seen approximately 200 additional DHL jobs created at the airport, three years earlier than planned.DHL Express chief executive Ken Allen ...