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November boost for cargo hub Leipzig
Leipzig/Halle Airport’s monthly freight volumes exceeded 100,000 tonnes for the first time in November.Germany’s second-largest cargo hub handled 105,100 tonnes of freight last month as volumes rose by 9.4% in comparison with the same month in 2016.Cargo volumes also broke through the one million tonne barrier for the second time ...
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NewsUK freighter hubs see record November
The UK’s "two most important airports" for freighter aircraft, East Midlands (EMA) and London Stansted, have seen record volumes of cargo in November, said airport owner MAG.The increased volumes were driven by early Christmas shopping and e-commerce, as Black Friday and Cyber Monday spending "shifted increasingly online from the high ...
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Heathrow airport details "Christmas cargo" stats
Over 143,000 tonnes of “Christmas cargo” is expected to fly via London Heathrow airport in the month leading up to December 25, a record to date, said the UK hub’s management.A statement added: “The airport’s data from November and December 2016 shows a clear spike in the volume of certain ...
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Gatwick cargo traffic continues its upward trajectory
London Gatwick handled a total of 10,175 tonnes of cargo in November, a 25.6% increase on the same month of 2016.The new long-haul routes through the gateway added this year pushed bellyhold cargo volumes up significantly.Five new long-haul connections have been launched this year from Gatwick: to Singapore, Seattle, Denver, ...
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Freighter link between Chicago and Wuhan takes off
China’s official news agency, Xinhua, has reported that a dedicated freighter service has been launched between Wuhan, capital of central China’s Hubei province, and Chicago.A B747F aircraft carrying 105 tonnes of Chilean cherries and salmon recently made the flight from O’Hare to Wuhan Tianhe International Airport, marking the launch of ...
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MAG reports on strong first-half results
UK airport operator Manchester Airports Group (MAG) today released its interim unaudited half-year results covering the period April 1 to September 30.Contributing to continued strong growth in the group’s revenue and profit, MAG’s cargo volumes enjoyed what MAG described as a “sustained period of growth”, with volumes rising by 4.4% ...
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Toronto Pearson reveals new routes for summer 2018
Canada’s Toronto Pearson International Airport has confirmed that the summer 2018 schedule through the gateway will see the addition of a number of new long-haul routes.The airport will welcome several new airlines to its runways, as well as expanded service from existing carriers and more frequent flights on some high ...
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ACI statistics reveal solid October performance
Airports Council International (ACI) Europe, the trade body representing the Continent’s air gateways, has released its air traffic report for October, revealing that airfreight traffic across the European airport network averaged year-on-year growth of 6.2% in the month.Airports located in EU nations averaged 5.3% year-on-year airfreight traffic growth in October, ...
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New airside perishables centre planned for Heathrow
A new chilled airside perishables centre is set to open at Heathrow Airport on Sandringham Road next year.The new centre is being developed by Matthew Rye and Gav Singh of Airport Perishables Handling (APH) and operations at the 25,000sq ft facility are expected to begin in the second quarter of ...
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UK roadshow to highlight ways to reduce airport trucking congestion
The user group for the CCS-UK airfreight community system is to hold a series of roadshows around the UK in early 2018 to promote its advanced information system and general issues surrounding truck congestion at London Heathrow airport.The non-profit body which manages, and commissions enhancements to the CCS-UK freight community ...
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New York JFK to revamp cargo area
Port Authority of New York and New Jersey commissioners have approved a $70m deal to build a 346,000sq ft cargo handling building at JFK airport as the first stage of the Vision Plan to revamp outdated facilities at the US gateway.Under the plan, two existing empty 40-year old buildings will ...
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October cargo demand down but it’s looking good for Incheon
Incheon Airport’s international cargo fell 2.5% in October but the South Korean gateway still registered a 8% rise in year to date traffic.The airport authority said October’s decrease was partly due to the loss of over four working days to the ‘Golden Holiday’ period.Moreover, indicators including the US inventory to ...
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China’s STO Express to launch Budapest freighter flights
Chinese logistics company STO Express is to launch scheduled B747 freighter flights to Budapest, following the signing of a cooperation agreement with the airport and Turkish and European third party logistics specialist, Ekol.STO has named the Hungarian gateway as its preferred European hub to deliver e-commerce products arriving from China, ...
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Schiphol airlines set date for slot talks
Airlines will discuss a proposed local rule to break the impasse over aircraft slots at Amsterdam Schiphol airport on December 14, according to the airport’s latest newsletter.An extraordinary meeting of the Coordination Committee Netherlands – which represents passenger and cargo carriers at Europe's third largest freight hub – has been ...
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Munich airport sees 10% cargo surge
Munich Airport achieved a 10% rise in cargo to 270,000 tonnes in the first nine months of this year. No other major German cargo airport has achieved anything comparable, it said.It also handled a record 34.1 million passengers between January and while the number of take offs and landings reached ...
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Bali airport reopens for now
Indonesian officials have reopened Bali’s international airport but have warned that it could close again if the wind direction changes. Flights to Denpasar airport have been disrupted for the past three days by a threatened volcanic eruption from Mount Agung.Carriers including Cathay Pacific, Air France KLM, Qantas, Virgin, Air Asia, ...
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Christmas comes early for San Bernardino as UPS increases flights
San Bernardino International Airport has signed an agreement with UPS to increase the number of seasonal cargo flights from four per week in 2016 to up to 18 each week for this year’s holiday season.They will include services to the main UPS hub at Louisville, Kentucky, along with its regional ...
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Vienna airport opens new pharma hub
Vienna Airport has expanded its cargo centre and opened a new temperature-controlled pharma hub.The €17.9m investment includes a new pharma handling centre featuring about 1,600sq m of space as part of the recently enlarged air cargo facility.The €1.9 m pharma site includes a cold store with an area of 153sq ...
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Freight growth moderates as summer storms abate
The recent surge in freight volumes receded in September 2017, said Airports Council International (ACI).In its latest figures published on 24 November, ACI said year on year figures fell to 6.8%, from 10.5% in August of the same year. Passenger traffic also slowed down slightly, dropping 1.6 percentage points from ...
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Manston airport reopening: more consultations
RiverOak Strategic Partners (RSP), which proposes to reopen the UK’s Manston airport as a cargo hub, is to hold a further consultation on its latest plans before applying to the Secretary of State for Transport for a Development Consent Order in 2018.Several consultations were held in June and July this ...