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Hong Kong joins Shanghai with bumper October cargo volumes
China’s top two cargo hubs, Hong Kong and Shanghai, both enjoyed bumper volume rises in October.Hong Kong International Airport (HKIA) handled 420,000 tonnes of cargo, up 7.1% from the same period last year, while year to date volumes grew 1.9% to 3.7m tonnes compared with previous year.A spokesperson for HKIA ...
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Frankfurt, Heathrow and Stansted see October cargo increases
Europe’s leading cargo airports recorded a rise in airfreight throughput during October.Frankfurt, the continent’s number one cargo hub in 2015, recorded a 4.8% rise in cargo volumes in October to just over 194,000 tonnes, the second largest October figure in the German airport’s history.Frankfurt’s bounce, while still only a 1.6% ...
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Heathrow adds second freighter operation as ABC launches Moscow service
AirBridgeCargo Airlines (ABC) has added a new freighter service connecting Heathrow Airport with Moscow's Sheremetyevo using one of its Boeing 747 freighters.The service will fly every Thursday and Saturday and will offer a capacity of more than 100 tonnes of cargo per flight. It will utilise slots not popular with ...
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Airlines group BARIG wants Frankfurt charges to be cut
Frankfurt-based airlines are calling for a reduction in airport charges for all airlines after low cost carrier Ryanair announced that it would start flying into Germany’s largest hub next summer.The Board of Airline Representatives in Germany (BARIG) wants “the fully equal treatment for all airlines at Frankfurt – newcomers and ...
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Gateway supply chain strategy 'under siege' from growing belly capacity at secondary hubs
The gateway airport supply chain strategy for air cargo is “under siege” as increasing belly capacity flying to secondary airports has allowed forwarders to switch to a point-to-point operation.During a debate at last week’s Air Cargo Forum, speakers looked at how excess belly capacity and a rise in the number ...
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Partners pledge to push ahead with third runway
Heathrow Airport has joined forces with business and trade union leaders to see the third runway, approved last week by the UK government, through to completion.Worker and industry representatives committed to work with the airport authority and government in a ceremony at Heathrow’s Terminal 2.Signatories included director general of ...
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Official opening for Ghana Airport Cargo Centre in Accra
Ghana Airport Cargo Centre (GACC), a public private partnership (PPP)-funded facility at Accra’s Kotoka International Airport, saw its grand official opening ceremony attended by John Dramani Mahama, the country’s president.The 10,000 sq m of dedicated cargo warehousing is already handling 50% of the local air cargo market, having contracts with ...
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New runway is affordable with care, says analyst
The estimated £20bn price-tag for Heathrow’s third runway can be met without massively indebting the airport’s owner, provided it is managed carefully and supported by shareholders says credit analyst Standard & Poor (S&P).The scheme can be financed without affecting Heathrow's credit ratio, it argues. While the debt will be considerable, ...
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Regions see opportunities and threats from Heathrow runway
There was a mixed reaction from the UK regions to the news that Heathrow Airport is to be allowed to build a new third runway.Birmingham Chambers of Commerce chief executive Paul Faulkner said that while the new London runway might fix the problems of capacity in south-east England, Birmingham airport ...
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Heathrow: The work starts now
Heathrow Airport welcomed the UK government’s decision to support its plans for a new runway and said that it would begin work to deliver it.Expanding the London gateway would do more than any other infrastructure project to share economic growth around the country and deliver more competition and choice, pointing ...
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Partial commitment on UK airport capacity does not reassure global investors says KPMG
Additional regulatory delay around Heathrow's third runway approval by the UK government sends out an "indecisive message to business and global investors" according to financial advisers KPMG.James Stamp, global head of aviation at KPMG, said: “Now, more than ever, UK plc needs to demonstrate both its ability and willingness to ...
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New runway price must be right, says IATA
IATA said it fully supported the UK government’s decision to build a new runway at London Heathrow airport but it needed to be affordable to airport users.It said that to maximize the potential of the new capacity, “Heathrow costs must become even more competitive and cost effective. The government's desire ...
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UK forwarders' cautious welcome to Heathrow decision
UK freight forwarding and logistics businesses have given a cautious welcome to the government's approval a third runway at Heathrow.Robert Keen, director general of the British International Freight Association (BIFA), said: “Today’s news appears to be the beginning of the end of years of procrastination over the expansion of UK ...
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Gatwick Airport responds to Government decision on airport capacity
Gatwick Airport management has responded with a short statement regarding the UK government's approval of a third runway at rival Heathrow. Gatwick was seeing approval for a second runway.Gatwick chief executive Stewart Wingate, said: “We are disappointed as we do not believe this is the right answer for Britain. Gatwick ...
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One new runway not enough says aviation expert
A leading aviation academic has called for both Heathrow and Gatwick to be expanded if the UK's airport capacity shortage is not to impede Britain’s economic development.Responding to the Government’s decision to expand airport capacity by building a third runway at Heathrow, Dr Volodymyr Bilotkach, Senior lecturer in Economics at ...
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IAG on third runway: Heathrow customer charges must be capped
British Airways and Iberia parent International Airlines Group (IAG) has warned that the cost of the third runway project at Heathrow will" make or break it".While welcoming the decision to expand Heathrow, IAG added that it was pleased that the UK government "has recognised the cost to customers must not ...
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SEGRO backs Heathrow expansion
Industrial warehouse developer SEGRO has welcomed the UK government's decision to approve a third runway at Heathrow Airport .David Sleath, SEGRO’s chief executive, commented: “We welcome the Government’s support for a third runway at Heathrow, which gives business confidence that the new Government is serious about infrastructure delivery and maintaining ...
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Engineers give runway plan guarded welcome
One of the UK’s leading industry organisations, the Institution of Mechanical Engineers (IME), has welcomed Government approval of a new runway at London Heathrow Airport but warned that the future of the industry was still unclear.IME head of transport and manufacturing, Philippa Oldham, said: “This is so near and yet ...
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Business leaders welcome Heathrow runway verdict
UK employers’ organisation the CBI has responded enthusiastically to the UK government's approval of a third runway at Heathrow Airport .President Paul Drechsler, said it came “as an enormous relief to firms in every corner of the country.” He described the plan as “fantastic news”, especially as the country had ...
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UK government approves Heathrow third runway
The UK government has approved a third runway at Heathrow Airport – the first full length runway in the south-east since the Second World War.The scheme will now be taken forward in the form of a draft ‘National policy statement’ (NPS) for consultation.In a statement, the Department for Transport ...