Cargo airports – Page 66
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Plans for Netherlands-India digital airfreight corridor
IT specialist Kale Logistics Solutions has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Cargonaut, the Schiphol cargo community service provider, to create a digital airfreight corridor between Holland and India.Mumbai Airport, India and Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, together with their cargo community system partners, Kale Logistics Solutions and Cargonaut, are pioneering ...
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Calls for rethink on cargo slots at Schiphol
Three key players in the Dutch airfreight industry have called for more cargo slots to be made available at Amsterdam Airport Schiphol.Air Cargo Netherlands (ACN), Dutch shippers’ group evofenedex and Transport and Logistics Netherlands (TLN) argue that further delays in opening Lelystad Airport, 45km to the north east of Amsterdam, ...
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Heathrow celebrates continued growth in cargo volumes
Heathrow Airport Ltd (HAL) has released financial and traffic results for last year, with increased freight traffic contributing to improved revenues and earnings.The gateway handled 1.7m tonnes of cargo during the 2017 calendar year, a 10.2% increase compared with 2016.2017 represented one of the strongest periods of business over the ...
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Schiphol to merge cargo department with aviation marketing
Schiphol Airport is combining its cargo department with aviation marketing, with the current head of the freight business moving onto another role.Maaike van der Windt will head up the new Aviation Marketing and Cargo Division from its launch on 1 April 2018.Jonas van Stekelenburg, who has headed up Schiphol Cargo ...
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ESC points to problems in slot allocation for all-cargo services
The European Shippers’ Council (ESC) has encouraged national governments to look closely into the continent’s slots allocation problem.It has pointed to the fact that members of various European nations’ national parliaments are already discussing criteria that relate to slot allocations, such as sustainability, noise reduction and economic output of flights, ...
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January high for Hong Kong's cargo volumes
Hong Kong International Airport (HKIA) recorded strong growth in cargo traffic in January, with freight throughput of 410,000 tonnes representing a 9.9% year-on-year increase over the same month of 2017.Transhipment traffic was up by 14% year-on-year, while imports rose by 10%.Among HKIA’s most important trading regions, traffic to and from ...
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Forwarders demand action over Heathrow airport expansion
UK freight forwarders have backed a new report criticising the country's government for its lack of action on expansion at Heathrow airport.The National Infrastructure Commission's (NIC) first Annual Monitoring Report took the government to task for the slow progress of infrastructure development, including airport capacity in the south east of ...
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Anchorage sees a 7.4% rise in 2017 cargo volumes
Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport (ANC) saw a steady increase in cargo activity in calendar year 2017, handling 2.7m tonnes, a 7.4% increase over full year 2016.The number of cargo landings in 2017 at the top US freight hub was 79,595, an increase of 4.6% compared with 2016.“The Ted Stevens ...
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Miami's 'magnet site' approval for its airport free trade zone
Miami-Dade Aviation Department (MDAD) has gained final approval from the US Department of Commerce to designate Miami International Airport's (MIA) entire 3,230-acre land parcel as a Foreign Trade Zone (FTZ) 'magnet site'.The magnet site designation allows existing or prospective airport tenants to operate manufacturing, warehousing and/or distribution centers on airport ...
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Asiana appoints AAT as Hong Kong handler
Asiana Airlines subsidiary Air Seoul has appointed Asia Airfreight Terminal as its cargo terminal operator in Hong Kong. AAT already serves its parent and sister companies, Asiana Airlines and Air Busan.Low cost carrier Air Seoul has, since its launch in 2016, been building an international network, especially to Japan and ...
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Turkish Cargo adds new Liege freighter call
Turkish Airlines Cargo is the latest cargo carrier to launch a freighter service to Liege Airport.The new weekly service utilises an Airbus A330-200F and operates between Istanbul and Liege. It landed in the Belgian airport for the first time on February 13.Turkish Airlines Cargo will primarily transport perishable goods for ...
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Fraport and Dakosy create digital portal for dangerous goods supply chain
Frankfurt Airport operator Fraport and IT service provider Dakosy are to launch a digital cargo portal for shippers of dangerous goods at the German hub.The entire dangerous goods process will be fully digitised, a first for the industry it is claimed.The portal communicates all shipment details and dangerous goods-specific data ...
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Smart and Secure Trade Lanes gain momentum
A customs-to-customs pilot project entitled Smart and Secure Trade Lanes (SSTL) has made progress with the first airfreight shipment to move from China to the EU having successfully landed at Amsterdam Airport Schiphol on an Air China Cargo flight from Shanghai in December.The shipment was booked by Yusen Logistics, one ...
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UK airports enjoy January cargo surge
Heathrow led a UK airport cargo filip in January 2018, with a record a 6.9% rise to 133,000 tonnes compared with the same month in 2017.The UK's top cargo hub saw export volumes grow by 10.6% in January, while the top destinations for cargo growth were the US (1,214 tonnes), ...
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Aviapartner, Swissport and dnata win Brussels handling contracts
Europe's Brussels Airport has awarded licences for freighter ramp handling and cargo/ mail handling to Aviapartner Cargo, dnata and Swissport Cargo Services Belgium.The contracts will run for seven years, starting on October 28 2018. They are currently subject to a 15-day standstill period in case of appeal, the airport said.Brussels ...
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Global airfreight ‘poised for a record 2017’, says ACI
Montreal-based trade association Airports Council International (ACI) has reported year-on-year growth in air cargo volumes of 7.8% for November, putting the industry on track for a record-breaking 2017.ACI said that the cargo business “continued to benefit from a strong growth in volumes in November thanks to global trade” and that ...
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London Gatwick cargo up 29.6% in January
London Gatwick Airport saw airfreight throughput rise by 29.6% year on year in January, driven by the UK gateway’s growing long-haul flight network.Total cargo throughput for January stood at 7,824 tonnes.The positive result is part of a sustained trend: over the 12 months ended January, cargo at Gatwick increased by ...
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Dubai sees “bumper growth” for cargo
The UAE’s Dubai International airport (DXB) has posted a record 2,654,494 tonnes of cargo for 2017, up 2.4% on the previous year.Despite “some fluctuation” in cargo throughput, a small drop of 0.5% in December being one example, the gateway benefited from significant growth in other months.March, August and September all ...
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Luxembourg sets new airport record with 938,000 tons in 2017
Luxembourg Airport handled 938,000 tons of airfreight in 2017, a 14% increase on 2016 which allowed Europe’s sixth largest cargo hub to break through the 900,000 ton barrier for the first time.The increase also heralded a 10-year return to pre-financial crisis cargo levels.An airport spokesperson for the hub, which is ...
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Cape Town runway approval
Cape Town International Airport has received final approval from the South African government for the construction of the airport’s new realigned runway.This project marks a R3.8bn investment into the economy of Cape Town and the Western Cape.The Department of Environmental Affairs (DEA) concluded the appeals process and has now ruled ...