Cargo airports – Page 81
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Hamad International Airport still on the up
Doha’s Hamad International Airport (HIA) handled a total of 1.7 million tonnes of airfreight (cargo and mail) last year.This represented a 20.8% increase over the previous year’s throughput.The Qatari capital’s air gateway also processed a total of 245,800 landings and take-offs during the year, up by 15.8% on the figure ...
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Good start to the year for Leipzig/Halle
Leipzig/Halle airport, Europe’s fifth-busiest and Germany’s second-biggest airfreight gateway, handled 84,782 tonnes of cargo in January this year, an increase of 6.9% over the same month of 2016.Operated by Mitteldeutsche Flughafen AG (which also operates Dresden airport as well as cargo and ground handler PortGround), Leipzig/Halle handled approximately 1.05 million ...
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Miami completes first sea-air shipment
Miami International Airport (MIA) has completed its first-ever ocean-to-air perishables transhipment - 10 tons of peas from GuatemalaThe peas arrived aboard the Crowley Maritime Corp. vessel Tucana J at Port Everglades on January 30, were trucked to MIA, and then departed to Amsterdam via a Centurion Cargo flight on February ...
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Dallas adds to cool chain capabilities
Dallas Fort Worth International (DFW) airport is adding to its cold chain storage facilities in response to the growth in pharma and perishables traffic.The Texan hub soon will begin installing equipment at the facility, which will be operated by AirLogistix USA.Expected to be operational this summer, the transfer facility will ...
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Mumbai airport joins the Pharma.Aero initiative
Mumbai International Airport (MIAL) has joined the Pharma.Aero initiative, becoming the first Indian airport to embark on a community approach for IATA’s Centre of Excellence for Independent Validators (CEIV) Pharma certification.Brussels Airport and MIAL announced their partnership in Pharma.Aero at the Pharma Logistics Summit in Mumbai, inking a Memorandum of ...
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Cargo demand at Schiphol reaches record levels in 2016
Amsterdam Schiphol Airport saw cargo volumes reach record levels in 2016, with demand to Asia and e-commerce volumes leading the way.The airport, which is the third busiest in Europe by cargo volumes, saw demand increase by 2.5% on 2015 levels to reach 1.7m tonnes.In December, demand improved by 10.4% on ...
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Pharma first for Bolloré Logistics
Bolloré Logistics has become the first transport and logistics company in France to gain IATA's CEIV Pharma certification for its Paris Roissy CDG platform.The French logistics giant has already received similar certification for its sites in Brussels (Belgium), Frankfurt (Germany) and Lisbon (Portugal).Bolloré Logistics has IATA Pharma certification in progress ...
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Disaster response training programme for Nepalese airports
Nepal's two strategic airports are to host a four-day training and assessment programme to develop a customised disaster response action plan.Airport authorities, military and humanitarian partners will participate in Get Airports Ready for Disaster (GARD) workshops at Tribhuvan International Airport in Kathmandu and Nepalgunj Airport.The workshops, led by Deutsche Post ...
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Dubai's DWC airport saw cargo volumes up by 0.8% in 2016
Dubai World Central (DWC), the Middle East emirate’s second international hub, recorded a slight increase in 2016 airfreight volumes at 897,998 tonnes, up 0.8% versus prior year.Owner Dubai Airports stated: “[DWC]Cargo volumes registered strong growth in the fourth quarter with 252,300 tonnes of air freight, up 10.3% compared to 228,770 ...
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Seattle and Calgary airports notch cargo volume rises
North American airport tonnage statistics continue to flow in, with west coast hubs north and south of the US-Canadian border recording increases.Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (Sea-Tac) saw total air cargo volumes increase for the fifth straight year in 2016, up by 10.2% over prior year to more than 366,000 tonnes.The US ...
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Record cargo year for Singapore's Changi airport
Singapore Changi Airport recorded a 6.3% rise in airfreight throughputs versus prior year to reach 1.97m tonnes in 2016.The Asian hub, the world's 15th largest cargo hub by volumes in 2015, ended 2016 with a strong December, handling 177,360 tonnes, up by 8.4% on the same month in 2015.Changi Airport ...
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Modest growth for US cargo airports in early filings
Early filings from a handful of US airports indicate modest growth in cargo volumes for 2016.Miami International (MIA) saw a 0.37% increase in total cargo volumes (international and domestic) to just under 2m tonnes in 2016, while Ohio’s Cincinnati and Rickenbacker airports both recorded full year increases versus 2015 of ...
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Year end cargo boost for airports in Asia Pacific and the Middle East
Air cargo hubs in Asia-Pacific and the Middle East delivered strong results in November 2016, growing at 9.5% and 9.9% respectively, and recovering from a "stagnant market that persisted from the end of 2015 to early 2016".In its latest monthly regional report, airport association ACI said that the November growth ...
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Dubai's 2016 cargo finale recovers after Q3 lull
Dubai International Airport (DXB) shrugged off a third quarter cargo lull to rebound with a 3.4% rise in 2016 full year volumes to just under 2.6m tonnes.After registering a “contraction throughout the third quarter,” cargo volumes at the Middle East hub recovered in the last three months of 2016, rounding ...
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Luxembourg adds weight to European airports' 2016 cargo figures
Luxembourg Airport has added its weight to the top European airfreight hubs recording an increase in cargo volumes last year.The European gateway and home to all-freighter operator Cargolux handled 821,000* tonnes of airfreight in full year 2016, up by 8.2% over the 759,000 tonnes handled in prior year and “almost ...
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Airports see volumes surge in November thanks to demand for electronics
Airports had another bumper month in November with demand for electronic consumer products driving an 8.1% improvement in cargo volumes.The latest Airports Council International figures show that both domestic and international traffic improved during the month, increasing 5.6% and 9.2%, respectively.Over the first 11 months of the year fright volumes ...
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Basel in balance despite trucking decline due to ocean freight modal shift
Basel’s EuroAirport saw a 12.2% rise in airfreight volumes during 2016 to around 55,000 tonnes although a modal shift to ocean freight saw the Swiss hub’s trucked cargo fall by 11% to 46,000 tonnes.The airport authority said that the factors responsible for the decline in road feeder volumes were ”the ...
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Details emerge about SF Express' plans for new Chinese cargo hub
Asia-based express giant SF Express has revealed more details about plans to set up a huge new air cargo airport in central China.The fast-growing company plans to build the airport in Ezhou City in the Hubei province of central China, according to Asia Times.The airport will be able to handle ...
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Hong Kong ends 2016 with a cargo volume flourish and a 3.2% full year increase
Hong Kong International Airport (HKIA) looks set to retain top spot among global airfreight hubs as its 2016 throughput increased by 3.2% year on year to 4.52m tonnes.The Asian super hub, which saw a double-digit cargo surge in December, is the latest to report a rise in volumes for 2016, ...
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Frankfurt records cargo demand improvement in 2016
Europe’s busiest cargo airport, Frankfurt, saw airfreight demand increase by 1.8% in 2016 despite the effect of strikes and weather conditions.Airport operator Fraport said demand during the year reached 2.15m metric tons despite the number of aircraft movements decreasing by 1.1% to 462,885 takeoffs and landings during the year as ...