Cargo airports – Page 70
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Gatwick: long-haul growth boosts cargo
Gatwick airport’s report for the six months ended September 30 indicates a positive trend in cargo throughput at the UK’s second-largest gateway.Freight volumes rose by an impressive 23.3% in comparison with the same period of 2016, a development attributed to a 12.4% growth in long-haul flights.More connections to far-flung destinations ...
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dnata tests successfully blockchain technology with air cargo partners
Ground handler dnata has introduced blockchain technology into its cargo operations, in conjunction with Emirates Innovation Lab, IBM and flydubai Cargo.Blockchain technology is seen as a secure, public electronic ledger and peer-to-peer network that can be managed autonomously to exchange information between different parties.Kevin Ennis, vice president commercial and business ...
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Hong Kong records steady cargo growth in October
Hong Kong International Airport (HKIA) saw cargo throughput rise by 2.3% to 430,000 tonnes in October, versus like month 2016.The growth in cargo throughput last month was driven mainly by 4% year-on-year growth in exports, with Europe increasing "most significantly" among the key trading regions.Over the first 10 months of ...
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Lufthansa Cargo signs up for eight more years with Fraport
Lufthansa Cargo and Fraport Ground Services have signed a contract to extend their ground handling deal at Frankfurt Airport.The agreement has a term of eight years and runs from January 2018 to December 2025 and covers aircraft ground handling, particularly the loading and unloading of all freighter aircraft belonging to ...
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UK airport trio notch up October cargo rises
MAG, the UK airports group, reported healthy cargo growth during October at its Manchester, London Stansted and East Midlands hubs.Cargo volumes at Stansted airport during October were up 3.0% on last year with more than 23,000 tonnes of goods passing through the airport’s cargo facility. The annual total increased by ...
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AAT takes over Hong Kong Airlines cargo handling
Asia Airfreight Terminals (AAT) has begun handling cargo for Hong Kong Airlines and its freight subsidiary Hong Kong Air Cargo at their home hub in the Special Administrative Region.The agreement had been announced in March but only came into effect on 8 November.Kuah Boon Kiam, general manager for AAT, said: ...
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Frankfurt cargo volumes inch ahead in October
There were mixed results at Frankfurt, Europe’s second-busiest airfreight gateway, in October.While its passenger activity was strong, Frankfurt airport’s cargo throughput inched upward by just 0.7% year on year in October, reaching 192,263 tonnes. Including mail, the total was up 0.6% at 195,230 tonnes.On the plus side, Frankfurt airport gained ...
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Heathrow and Gatwick announce record cargo results in October
London’s Heathrow airport had a “landmark” October for cargo, handling more than 150,000 tonnes in a month for the first time since records began.October’s 154,492 tonnes registered a year-on-year rise of 9.2% at the UK’s number one cargo hub and its 15th consecutive record monthly throughput.The same month also saw ...
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ACI board names Bongani Maseko new chair
Bongani Maseko, chief executive of Airports Company South Africa, has been appointed to the post of chair of the world governing board of Airports Council International (ACI) for a two-year term following a vote at the recent ACI Africa/World General Assembly in Mauritius.Maseko has been with Airports Company South Africa ...
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MIA Cargo Flight Tracker: a first for the US airfreight business
One of the innovations about which the air cargo industry learnt more during the Air Cargo Americas & SeaCargo Americas 2017 conference and exhibition, held this week in Miami, was Miami International Airport’s publicly unveiling of its Cargo Flight Tracker.MIA’s Cargo Flight Tracker is billed by the airport operator, Miami-Dade ...
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Forwarders call for action to end Heathrow's congestion ‘misery’
The head of the UK’s freight forwarders’ group has called for “action not words” over growing congestion at London Heathrow airport’s cargo terminal.British International Freight Association (BIFA) director general Robert Keen says that congestion at the so-called Horseshoe Road area of Heathrow “is as bad as it has ever been ...
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Moscow Domodedovo is Munich’s seventh sibling
Russia's Moscow Domodedovo Airport has signed a cooperation agreement with Munich Airport, joining Denver, Nagoya, Airports of Thailand, Singapore, Beijing and Airports Company South Africa as ‘sister airports’ to the south German gateway.The partnership aims to transfer knowledge between employees and managers on both sides and will include exchange programs ...
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Cargo helps Frankfurt to strong growth
Cargo volume at Frankfurt Airport (airfreight + airmail, excluding transit) grew 5.1% to 1.6m tonnes between January to September 2017, contributing to “a significant 13.7% rise in group revenue to €2.23bn” said airport owner Fraport.Much of the growth at the German hub was fuelled by a noticeable jump in passenger ...
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Committee to scrutinise UK runway plans
The UK Parliament’s Transport Committee will hold an inquiry into the revised proposal for an Airports National Policy Statement (NPS), tabled by the government last week (October 24).The committee said that there is no need to resubmit previous evidence but would welcome further submissions, particularly on whether the revised passenger ...
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Changi cargo growth nears 10% in September
Singapore Changi Airport saw a 9.8% increase in airfreight to 183,560 tonnes in September, while the Asian cargo hub registered an 8.1% year-on-year increase to 1.6m tonnes in the first nine months of 2017.Among Changi’s top ten markets, Germany (+27%) was the fastest growing with strong year-on-year growth across all ...
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Cambodian carriers choose AAT for Hong Kong handling
JC (Cambodia) International Airlines has launched direct services from Phnom Penh and Siem Reap to Hong Kong and appointed Asia Airfreight Terminal (AAT) as its terminal operator there.JC International, which started operations in March this year, serves the two Cambodian cities twice weekly with its Airbus A320 aircraft.AAT is also ...
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Liege moves up a gear with €20m cargo investment
Liege Airport is to step up its cargo investments with over €20m in new warehouses and handling facilities.The Belgian gateway says its decision follows a surge in cargo capacity for more than 12 months, with carriers setting up new routes and adding new aircraft.Liege is one of the airports that ...
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Alha wins long term Cathay contract in Milan
Alha Group has won a long-term contract to provide ramps services for Cathay Pacific all-cargo aircraft at Milan Malpensa airport.The handler said it had rapidly assembled a ground support equipment fleet to meet the strict operational requirements of the carrier, which operates with very tight turnarounds and a very high ...
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Moscow's Sheremetyevo airport sees September surge
Moscow Sheremetyevo airport handled more than 200,000 tonnes in the first nine months of 2017, an increase of almost 40% over the same period in 2016.The airport – Russia’s largest for both cargo and passengers – said that the airfreight surge was due to a significant increase in cargo on ...
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Heathrow councils call for an "open mind" in support of a second Gatwick runway
Local authorities in the Heathrow area have welcomed evidence which, they say, supports an extra runway at rival London airport, Gatwick.Hillingdon, Richmond, Wandsworth and Windsor and Maidenhead councils say that the UK national government has admitted that the benefits froma second Gatwick runway would exceed that of a third one ...