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Airports deal extended
Airports Company South Africa and Germany’s Munich Airport have extended their sister partnership agreement, launched in 2015.It now extends to joint marketing activities to raise awareness of the partner airports in the respective countries including exhibitions at the airports, mutual links between websites and joint appearances at events.The existing cooperation ...
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New UK and Ireland chief for Swissport
Luzius Wirth is to become chief executive UK and Ireland at handler Swissport from 1 June, following the early retirement of Tommy Watt.Wirth, who will retain his role as executive vice president group services, joined Swissport in 2012. His new tasks will include further developing and expanding the regional organisation.Tommy ...
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Frankfurt's February freight fillip
Frankfurt, Europe’s largest cargo airport by volumes in 2016, saw a 1.3% increase in freight tonnages during February 2017.For the first two months of this year, Frankfurt’s cargo throughput was ahead of prior year by 3.4%, compared with a decrease of 0.8% in 2016 versus volumes for the first two ...
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Majority stake in Hahn airport sold to HNA of China
Germany's Rheinland-Pfalz state has confirmed that its majority shareholding in Frankfurt-Hahn airport will be sold to HNA Airport Group of China.A press conference and an official signing ceremony will be held later today (March 2) to provide further details.The state's 82.5% stake in Frankfurt-Hahn has been up for sale for ...
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Budapest on the double for integrators
Budapest Airport is set this summer to complete the handover of two new buildings for the Hungarian hub’s integrator customers.The total area of the two under-construction logistics bases exceeds 16,000 sq m and will accommodate a growing express cargo segment for Budapest, with several flights a day.DHL Express currently operates ...
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Asia-Pacific and Middle East airports enjoyed 2016 cargo boost
Asia-Pacific and Middle East airports continued their “overall growth trajectory” for airfreight volumes in 2016, according to December and full year regional statistics released by Airports Council International (ACI).Cargo throughputs at airports in Asia-Pacific and Middle East grew 10.9% and 10.4% respectively in December 2016, with full year increases of ...
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South African airports plan for an upswing
Airports Company South Africa (ACSA) is taking steps to ease congestion at the country’s major cargo gateways, particularly Johannesburg’s OR Tambo International, it revealed at Air Cargo Africa.Speaking after the show, OR Tambo International general manager Bongiwe Pityi said that the airport wanted to expand warehouse space in the short ...
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China Airlines signs with WFS in Chicago
China Airlines has signed a new cargo contract at Chicago O’Hare International Airport with Worldwide Flight Services (WFS), extending its 19-year old relationship with the handler in North America.WFS now handles for the Chinese carrier at five US locations. WFS won its first contract with China Airlines in North America ...
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Heathrow cargo growth outpaces passengers
Heathrow Airport saw a 3% rise in cargo volumes for full year 2016 to 1.54m tonnes, attributing the rise to a £674m investment in the airport and new services to Jakarta, San Jose, Santiago and Inverness.The increase contributed to a 1.5% increase in earnings for the airport’s operations as a ...
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Airlines heartened by Hong Kong cargo policy boost
Hong Kong's financial secretary, Paul Chan, has outlined plans to encourage air cargo development in his budget strategy for the Special Administrative Region (SAR).The announcement was welcomed local carriers Cathay Pacific and Cathay Dragon (formerly Dragonair).In his wide-ranging budget, Chan said that the Hong Kong SAR government will examine measures ...
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Liege recruits Cologne cargo director Franz Heuckeroth van Hessen
Liege Airport in Belgium is to appoint Cologne-Bonn cargo and sales director Franz Heuckeroth van Hessen to the new post of vice president air services from May 1.Amsterdam-born van Hessen spent 11 years in the pharmaceutical sector before entering the airfreight industry with Copex Air in 1999 and then becoming ...
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Dubai Customs calls for greater collaboration on trade and security
Dubai's top customs official has said that greater co-operation is needed between local, regional and international authorities to facilitate trade and sustain high levels of security.“With the UAE’s positioning as a world-class transport and integrated logistics hub, it has become more important than ever to deploy effective screening and detection ...
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Siemens Postal, Parcel & Airport Logistics opens new facility in Constance
Siemens Postal, Parcel & Airport Logistics (SPPAL) officially opened its new manufacturing facility in Constance, Germany, on February 20.Siemens manufactures products and systems for the postal, parcel and airport logistics market at the new plant.“We are proud of this modern production site, where we manufacture innovative products and solutions for ...
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Manchester Airport looks to the future… and further investment
Manchester Airport has revealed the latest phase of the UK northern gateway’s £1bn Transformation Programme, unveiling a number of new images showing what it might look like following the massive investment.Manchester Airport’s Transformation Programme represents the largest single private sector investment in the north of England.Airport chief executive Ken O’Toole ...
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Moscow’s Sheremetyevo saw 2016 cargo surge
Moscow’s Sheremetyevo Airport saw a near 30% surge in freight volumes during 2016 to around 231,000 tonnes.Moscow Cargo is the main handler at Sheremetyevo Airport, handling more than 90% of total air cargo throughputs at the Russian hub where Russian Federation national carrier Aeroflot and freighter operator AirBridgeCargo (ABC) are ...
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Schiphol nears capacity crunch
Amsterdam Airport Schiphol has published its results for 2016 and president and chief executive Jos Nijhuis has warned that the gateway is now “nearing the limits of its capacity”.That observation accompanied the revelation that the number of passengers passing through the airport again increased significantly last year (up by 9.2% ...
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Hong Kong welcomes steady cargo growth
Hong Kong International Airport (HKIA) achieved what it describes as “steady growth” in all air traffic categories in the first month of 2017.Cargo traffic through the gateway increased by 3.1% compared with January 2016 to reach 372,000 tonnes.The increased cargo throughput was attributed in the main by Airport Authority Hong ...
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NewsIt's all looking rose-y for air cargo
Benjamin Franklin said that there are two things that are certain in life, death and taxes. If, however, Franklin had been a freight transport journalist he could have added a third to that list, that mid-February would see an outpouring of press releases about the transport of roses for Valentine's ...
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Frankfurt’s cargo tonnages take flight
Frankfurt Airport, Europe’s busiest airfreight gateway, enjoyed a 5.6% year on year rise in its cargo throughput in January, traffic reaching 168,556 tonnes.According to the airport’s operator, Fraport: “The growing global demand for goods and the timing of the Chinese New Year (in January) encouraged these dynamic developments.”January’s strong performance ...
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Heathrow and Gatwick start the year with a bang
London Heathrow has begun 2017 with record traffic figures. In January, it handled 124,401 tonnes of cargo, 4.4% up on the same month of 2016.Over the 12-month period between February 2016 and January 2017, it handled 1.55m tonnes, up by 3.1% year on year.It’s a time of challenge but opportunity ...