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IAG warns Heathrow plans to bridge M25 could ground expansion
IAG has warned that plans to build a bridge over the busy M25 motorway - one of the busiest in Europe - as part of the expansion of Heathrow airport could ground the project.In its submission to a government consultation document, the airline group warned that there is no detailed ...
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DHL forwarding doubles Brussels pharma facility
DHL Global Forwarding Belgium has more than doubled the size of its temperature controlled facilities at Brussels Airport on the back of growth in the segment.The development sees the forwarder expand its GDP licensed temperature controlled area to 5,300 sq m from its previous 1,750 sq m.It will offer a ...
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Brussels Airport sees cargo demand improve despite noise restrictions
Brussels Airport recorded its best April for cargo demand since 2009, despite freighter operators leaving the facility because of noise fines issued by authorities.The Belgian hub saw cargo demand increase by 11.9% against 2015 levels – it has not performed a year-on-year comparison because of the distorting effects of last ...
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Exports lead Heathrow growth spurt
Export cargo through Heathrow grew 12% in April, with increases of 27% to Latin America and 19% to South Asia -at least twice as fast as volumes to Europe (+11%), said the London airport operator. North America remains Britain’s most important export market from Heathrow, recording healthy 14% growth in ...
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Frankfurt reaches carbon goal four years early
Frankfurt airport operator Fraport says it has met its climate protection targets four years ahead of schedule. Targets set for 2020 were reached in the 2016 business year 2016.Fraport has therefore set itself new targets, for 2030 modeled on the German government’s Climate Action Plan. By then, it is aiming ...
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Long haul leads south London cargo surge
Growth in long-haul routes drove a 27.2% increase in cargo traffic at London’s Gatwick airport in April. Traffic hit 7,142 tonnes, compared with 5,615 tonnes in April 2016. The moving annual total (May to April) was up 20%, to 82,666 tonnes in 2016-17 compared with 68,891 tonnes in 2015-16.Gatwick’s chief ...
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Refresh for Ireland’s longest runway
Shannon Airport has started work on a €15 million project to upgrade its runway, the longest in Ireland at 3,199 metres (almost two miles).The 1961-built runway was last fully rehabilitated in 1983 and has under gone regular maintenance but a full resurfacing of 2,400m is now required.Work includes the rehabilitation ...
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Boom times for Luxembourg cargo
Luxembourg airport says it saw exceptionally high growth of 16.4% in the first four months of 2017 , hitting the 286,000-tonne mark. It followed an already very successful year in 2016, it added. The gateway also said its growth is running ahead of the worldwide 14% increase in airfreight according ...
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Frankfurt-Hahn sees first-quarter cargo surge
Frankfurt-Hahn Airport enjoyed a surge in cargo in the first quarter nof the year, handling 23,700 tonnes - a 41% rise compared with the first three months of last year. Some of the increase came from existing customers, but the airport said that new clients had also contributed – and ...
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European airfreight puts up a strong show in March
Freight traffic at European airports improved markedly during the first quarter of 2017, up 8%, said ACI Europe.March posted the best monthly performance since April 2011 (up 13.7%), according to the trade body’s Airport Traffic Report for March and Q1.Passenger traffic also grew by about the same amount, increasing by ...
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Brussels Airport to offer ground handler booking app
Brussels Airport has developed a new slot booking app for ground handler facilities that aims to reduce pick-up and delivery times.The Slot Booking App allows users, such as freight forwarders, to request a single or recurring time slot at a specific ground handler facility through a centralised system.Ground handlers have ...
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LATAM and Swissport Miami achieve CEIV
Miami International Airport (MIA) is celebrating the development of its pharma community after one airline customer and a ground handler achieved CEIV certification.On April 19, MIA Pharma Hub partner LATAM Cargo became the first airline in America to receive IATA’s Center of Excellence for Independent Validators (CEIV) Pharma certification.Two weeks ...
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NewsFreighters and bellies boost Schiphol's March cargo volumes
Increased freighter and bellyhold volumes saw Amsterdam Schiphol airport report a 9.5% rise in March airfreight throughputs to 154,000 tonnes.Europe’s number three cargo gateway in 2016 also enjoyed a strong first quarter in 2017, handling a record 420,168 tonnes from January to March, up 8% on the same period last ...
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Dubai and Changi airports on the up in March
Dubai and Singapore airports both saw impressive cargo tonnage increases in March, providing further statistical evidence of a 2017 first quarter airfreight uptick.Freight volumes at Dubai International (DXB) in the Middle East rose 3.5 % in the first quarter of 2017 to 636,479 tonnes.This result was positively impacted by an ...
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Brussels Airlines Cargo to use cool dollies as standard for pharma at home hub
Brussels Airlines Cargo will use temperature controlled dollies as standard at its home hub for all pharma shipments requiring temperature control.The airline said it has made the decision to standardise the use of the cool dollies for temperature controlled shipments at Brussels in response to customer demand.Brussels Airlines business development ...
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VIDEO: Everyone's a winner at the Cargo Airline of the Year Awards 2017
American Airlines was voted Cargo Airline of the Year 2017 as airfreight’s shining stars took centre stage at Air Cargo News’ industry Oscars, now in their 34th year. Click here for a full list of winners.American Airlines, doubly successful on the night with a regional Americas garland, secured the highest ...
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Leipzig/Halle opens the fridge for temperature sensitive cargo
Leipzig/Halle airport‘s World Cargo Center has started operations at a new refrigerated warehouse.The facility at the German hub has direct access to the apron area, offering short transport routes to and from aircraft and trucks.Said an airport spokesperson: “The configuration of the refrigeration centre enables parallel storage of pharmaceutical items ...
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Pharma.Aero organisation doubles membership
Air cargo pharma group Pharma.Aero has doubled its membership, adding new shippers and forwarders.The organisation, which was started by Brussels and Miami airports six months ago, has added eight new members: shippers Pfizer, Johnson and Johnson, Merck Sharp & Dohme and DHL Temperature Management Solutions, Expeditors, EuroAirport Basel, 4Advice and ...
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NewsHong Kong retains crown as world's top cargo airport
Hong Kong retained its title as the world’s busiest air cargo airport in 2016 as the top 20 freight hubs saw demand increase by just over 3% (see end of article for table).Airports Council International’s annual review of the world’s 20 leading cargo hubs showed that throughput increased by 3.3% ...
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Singapore's SATS mints Kiwi lamb trade transhipments
Singapore ground handler SATS has received European Union (EU) approval as an authorised establishment for meat transhipment services between New Zealand and the EU.With this new trade flow, SATS is looking at an estimated 10% increase in lamb shipments over the next two years.Meat shipments from New Zealand destined for ...