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Swissport Cargo USA opens new Chicago O’Hare warehouse
Swissport Cargo USA has opened a new warehouse at Chicago O’Hare Airport, featuring an automated material handling system.The new 138,000sq ft facility is at the North Cargo Area of Chicago O’Hare Airport and includes the first automated material handling system in the region.The system can accommodate over 120 10-ft ULDs ...
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BRUcloud app smooths the export flow at Brussels
Freight forwarders within Brussels airport's BRUcargo community are saving air waybill (AWB) processing time by accessing the new Customs Export Application which went live on July 1.This latest application is one of several made possible by BRUcloud, the open community platform at the Belgian hub based on Nallian’s data-sharing technology ...
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Manchester kicks-off airport transformation programme
Manchester Airport has started work on its £1bn 10-year Transformation Programme that it hopes will help increase the number of long-haul flights from the UK northern gateway.Manchester Airport’s Transformation Programme, which will double the size of terminal two, represents the largest single private sector investment in the north of England ...
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How smart ULDs and better data can help the cargo terminal of the future
Cargo warehouses of the future will have smart devices, smart people and technology-driven ULDs transformed from “dumb boxes” to interactive equipment.Those were some of the takeaways from the “cargo facility of the future” panel discussion at the World Cargo Symposium (WCS) in Abu Dhabi.The air cargo warehouse of the past ...
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SATS opens e-commerce hub at Changi
Singapore ground handler SATS has unveiled its new eCommerce AirHub at a Changi airport.The S$21m, 6,000 sq m facility, co-funded by the Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore (CAAS), will increase Changi’s mail sorting capability to support the growing e-commerce market.A spokesperson for the handler said: “By deploying state-of-the-art technology, SATS ...
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VIDEO: Shannon's new runway, ta Mac for a great job
The rehabilitation of Ireland’s longest runway, at Shannon Airport, is proving a triumph of logistics as the equivalent of one football pitch is re-laid between dusk and dawn each night, the airport has revealed.Shortly before midnight, following the last arrival/departure at Shannon, a team of 90 vehicles and 70 people ...
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European airports call for urgent action to stop Brexit harming aviation
The Airport Services Association (ASA) has called for urgent action to ensure that the UK’s departure from the European Union (EU) or ‘Brexit’ does not harm the aviation sector “in the UK, EU and beyond”.Jon Conway, director general of the Switzerland-based European industry body, wants the end result of negotiations ...
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Istanbul New Airport signs cargo contracts worth €250m
The operator of Istanbul New Airport, Turkey's showcase hub set to open in 2018, has signed 25-year contracts worth €250m with six companies for its Cargo City and Ground Services Campus sites.IGA Airport Operation, which has the contract to build and operate the mega hub, said that it has signed ...
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HNA set to move into Latin America with Brazilian airport investment
HNA will add Latin America to its investment portfolio through the purchase of a controlling stake in the owner of Rio de Janeiro's largest airport, Aeroporto Internacional Antônio Carlos Jobim – Galeã (GIG Airport).The deal sees HNA Infrastructure take a 60% share in Rio der Janerio Aeropotos, which is the ...
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"Significant" cargo growth for Hong Kong in first half 2017
Hong Kong International Airport (HKIA) handled 2.3m tonnes of cargo in the first six months of 2017, soaring 11.3% over the same period last year and helped by an exports surge in June.Cargo throughput in June was 410,000 tonnes, representing year-on-year growth of 11.4% at the world's number one freight ...
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Frankfurt cargo volumes rise in June
Frankfurt Airport saw its June cargo throughput (airfreight + airmail) increase by 4.7% to 188,256 tonnes, "supported by ongoing economic growth, particularly in the eurozone's industrial sector".Frankfurt's cargo volume grew by 4.8%in the first half of 2017, reaching almost 1.1m tonnes - the highest first-half volume achieved in the past ...
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Heathrow cargo volumes up 13.4% in June
London's Heathrow airport saw monthly airfreight volumes in June increase by 13.4% on last year to 142,349 tonnes, with cargo going to and from Latin America up by more than 38% compared with like period 2016.North America retains its position as the largest cargo market for Heathrow, with June’s volume ...
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Ein Prosit: Record half year cargo tonnages for Munich airport
Over the first six months of 2017, Munich Airport's airfreight segment posted a new all-time high, with a nine percent year-on-year increase in cargo turnover to approximately 180,000 tons.Michael Kerkloh, the German airport's president and chief executive, commenting also on 2017's increased passenger and aircraft movement numbers for the half ...
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Hong Kong's fruitful year with record cargo volumes
Hong Kong International Airport (HKIA) enjoyed "a fruitful year" in 2016/17, setting new annual records in all three air traffic figures: cargo, passenger and flight movements.During the fiscal year, cargo volume rose 6.7% to 4.6m tonnes, securing HKIA as the world’s busiest cargo airport for the seventh consecutive year.In the ...
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Incheon's cargo volumes on the rise in May
South Korea’s Incheon airport recorded a 7.7% year on year rise in May’s cargo volumes to 238,000 tonnes, helped by the “gradual recovery” in the Asian country’s core exports, such as semiconductors.A spokesperson for the airport authority said: “The volume of cargo bound for the Americas (+12.7%), Europe (+5,4%) and ...
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Armed robber shot dead after failed Johannesburg airport cargo heist
An armed robber was shot dead and another arrested after they held up Swissport security guards in the cargo precinct of Johannesburg’s OR Tambo International Airport on Saturday (July 1) morning, airport management has confirmed.Leigh Gunkel-Keuler, spokesperson for OR Tambo International Airport, said: "At 10.55am a group of armed men ...
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NewsNew rate structure for cargo tenants at Chicago O'Hare
Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport (ORD) is to have a new uniform rate structure for aeronautical real estate leases.With several cargo and hangar leases set to expire in May 2018, the Chicago Department of Aviation (CDA) has reached agreements with a dozen airline and cargo carriers for new ground and facility ...
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Banks and developers express interest in Anchorage airport cargo projects
Six companies have formally expressed interest in commercial development and financing options for warehousing, distribution and product assembly operations in and around the Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport (ANC).Three commercial developers - Irwin Development Group, Lynxs Group, Pfeffer Development - and three banks - First National Bank Alaska, KeyBank and ...
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Rickenbacker picks up Amazon fulfillment delivery
Amazon.com has announced plans to build a 1m sq ft fulfillment centre in the Rickenbacker Global Logistics Park which also serves the nearby US airport with big freighter aircraft ambitions.The online retail giant’s decision to locate in the ‘Buckeye State’ of Ohio as part of the Rickenbacker Inland Port cluster ...
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Airport industry calls for single European aviation market following Brexit vote
Rulemakers have been urged to maintain Europe’s single aviation market following the UK’s vote to leave the European Union.The Airports Council International (ACI) Europe has called for the European Union (EU) and UK aviation markets to remain fully integrated in the future to safe guard and promote air connectivity.ACI Europe ...