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NewsAirport cargo demand improves in February
Airports enjoyed another bumper month in February for cargo, fueled by international demand.The latest cargo figures from industry body Airports Council International (ACI) show that volumes “surged” by 7.8% year on year in February.International demand improved ahead of domestic, with the former growing by 9.6% on the same month last ...
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Hong Kong's 'significant growth' in March cargo volumes
Hong Kong International Airport (HKIA), the world's number one airfreight hub by throughput, recorded "significant growth" in cargo volumes during March 2017.Cargo traffic recorded a year-on-year increase of 17.8% to 433,000 tonnes in March. Passenger volume dropped 2% to 5.9m, compared with the same month last year.An HKIA spokesperson said: ...
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Miami boosted by pharma traffic
Growth in pharma demand helped create a spike in the value of cargo transported through Miami International Airport last year.The Florida airport saw the total value of the cargo that it handled in 2016 increase by eight percent year on year to $57.3bn, with the value of pharma freight surging ...
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Frankfurt marches on with latest monthly cargo surge
Frankfurt Airport (FRA) posted a 9.8% increase in airfreight and airmail volumes in March to 205,443 tonnes, the highest monthly growth rate recorded over the previous six years.The March boost meant that the top German airport and Europe’s number one cargo hub recorded a 5.8% increase in airfreight and airmail ...
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Heathrow cargo surge in March leads UK hub upswing
Heathrow Airport saw its March 2017 cargo volumes surge to 148,000 tonnes, a near 13% increase over the same month last year and the largest monthly growth in more than five years.The UK’s number one airfreight hub and Europe’s fourth largest air cargo gateway saw long-haul emerging markets remain a ...
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Canadian airport authorities meet with parliamentarians
Senior executives from Canada’s biggest airports came together earlier this week (on April 5) to meet with parliamentarians.Leaders from more than two dozen of its air gateways met in the capital, Ottawa, to highlight the important role they play in the Canadian economy.According to Daniel-Robert Gooch, president of the Canadian ...
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MIA hosts life sciences workshop
Miami-Dade Aviation Department (MDAD), operator of Miami International Airport (MIA), has continued its efforts to support the local bio-medical industry by recently hosting an inaugural South Florida Life Sciences Showcase.The event was held at MIA on March 23, and was attended by more than 100 professionals working in medical technology, ...
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An-124 delivers heavy load into Dube
On March 30, Dube Cargo Terminal welcomed an Antonov An-124 cargo aircraft, just part of the process of shipping 80 tonnes of highly specialised spools which will form part of the main furnace at the local oil refinery.The components, flown in on an Antonov Airlines freighter, ranged from 4 to ...
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Heathrow welcomes new China trade link
Heathrow Airport has welcomed the extra cargo capacity that a new Boeing 787 Dreamliner China Southern service will bring to the UK-China market.The west London airport said that China Southern's new twice daily service between Heathrow and Guangzhou would increase capacity to the Chinese city to up to 8,760 metric ...
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New funds to make Heathrow more resilient
Heathrow Airport shareholders have announced plans to invest an additional £650m in the UK gateway during 2019.Billed by the airport as a vote of confidence in post-Brexit Britain, it will be used to improve operational resilience and will include enabling works for the expansion of Terminal 2 and planning works ...
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Nairobi cargo terminal for perishables and dry cargo
A new cargo terminal for perishables and dry cargo is soon set to open at Kenya’s Jomo Kenyatta International Airport in Nairobi, East Africa.Logistics provider Mitchell Cotts commissioned the terminal, opening in September 2018, which will have an annual throughput capacity of 80,000 tons. There are already plans to expand ...
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Siemens to equip air cargo facility at Heathrow
International Airlines Group (IAG) has asked sorting technology provider Siemens Postal, Parcel & Airport Logistics (SPPAL) to equip an air cargo centre at London Heathrow with the latest in handling systems.The facility will be used by IAG subsidiary British Airways.Siemens is to equip the terminal with what it describes as ...
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Dubai International freight falls in February
Dubai International airport saw a 1.9% fall in freight in February, to 192,704 tonnes from 196,460 tonnes recorded in February 2016. However, year to date freight volumes, at 400,976 tonnes, grew 0.8% compared with 397,942 tonnes handled during the corresponding period in 2016.Passengers continued to grow steadily in February, rising ...
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A tale of two airports: Heathrow and Schiphol
It was a tale of two cities and their airports, when the cargo chiefs of Amsterdam-Schiphol and London Heathrow took to the stage in Abu Dhabi for the IATA World Cargo Symposium.The theme was “It takes a village”, with Jonas van Stekelenburg, head of cargo at Schiphol, seated alongside Nick ...
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Schiphol’s pharma efforts rewarded
IATA presented a certificate of recognition for the airport community’s pharma efforts at the World Cargo Symposium in Abu Dhabi.IATA senior vice president, airport, passenger, cargo and security, Nick Careen, handed over the certificate to Schiphol cargo director to Jonas van Stekelenburg in recognition of Schiphol’s support for its Center ...
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Focus: Miami targets sea-air
A 10-ton consignment of snow peas on board a vessel from Guatemala saw the launch of a pilot programme to develop sea-air traffic from Latin America to destinations across the Atlantic as well as in Asia.The Crowley Maritime ship sailed on January 26 on a course for Miami International Airport ...
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Hong Kong cargo boost in February
Hong Kong International Airport (HKIA) experienced strong cargo growth in February, with a sharp year-on-year increase of 14.1% to 294,000 tonnes.In the first two months of 2017, HKIA recorded a 7.7% increase to 666,000 tonnes from the same period of last year.An HKIA spokesperson said: “The combined robust growth in ...
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Fraport reviews 2016 performance
Fraport, operator of Frankfurt Airport – Europe’s biggest airfreight gateway – as well as a number of other airports around the world, has looked back at its 2016 performance and said that overall it was a “successful business year”.The operator achieved record financial results, despite what it described as “challenging ...
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ACI: Cargo on the up in January
Figures produced by Airports Council International (ACI), which represents most of the world’s bigger air gateways, show that airfreight traffic continued its recovery in January.Air cargo volumes as a whole were up by 5.7% year on year.International freight volumes continued to post relatively higher growth with an increase of 9.5%, ...
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Brussels Airport’s cargo on the up in February
Brussels Airport handled 7.7% more cargo traffic in February compared with the same month of last year: a total of 40,696 tons.The airport authority attributed the increase to “strong growth in the full-freighter segment”, plus an increase in express volumes carried by integrators.The growth in traffic in the full-freighter segment ...