Cargo airports – Page 87
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European airports see cargo demand improvements in July
Europe’s airports saw cargo traffic grow in July ahead of performance for the rest of the year thanks to improvements at airports within the European Union.The latest figures from Airports Council International (ACI) Europe show that air cargo demand at the continent's airports increased by 2.3% year on year in ...
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Polmans joins TIACA board and urges greater industry collaboration
Brussels Airport head of cargo Steven Polmans has been appointed to TIACA’s board of directors.Polmans pledged to continue encouraging greater collaboration across the supply chain to cope with a rapidly changing industry.“I strongly believe that more cooperation between all stakeholders is to the benefit of our industry,” said Polmans.“We are ...
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AMI installs dual view X-ray scanners in the UK
AMI, the trade-only airfreight and express wholesaler, has installed a latest generation cargo X-ray scanner at its flagship London Heathrow facility.The Astrophysics XIS-1818DV is a dual view machine, as required by security regulations from January this year, with a 180 x 180cm tunnel aperture.Its 320kv generator enables it to penetrate ...
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Logistics firm sets up new Rickenbacker operation
Logistics firm Morrison Express has opened a new hub close to Rickenbacker International Airport to serve the fashion, electronics and retail industries.Morrison’s new 8,250sq m facility is located around 15km from the airport and will allow the company to reach more than 70% of the US and Canada’s population within ...
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Schiphol's half year cargo on the rise but passenger capacity at the limit
Amsterdam's Schiphol airport saw 2016 half year cargo volumes increase 1.6% over prior year to 796,801 tonnes, but the hub's passenger capacity is "reaching the limits".The Netherlands airport, Europe's third largest cargo hub by volume in 2015 at 1.6m tonnes, outperformed the number one European freight hub, Frankfurt in ...
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NewsAirports report marginal airfreight growth during the first half
Airports saw airfreight volumes increase by 0.5% during the first half of the year as demand was affected by subdued growth in emerging markets and developing economies and a modest recovery in advanced economies.Figures from Airports Council International (ACI) show the 0.5% growth rate in global freight volumes comprised a ...
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Samsung SDS forms logistics partnership with ALS to capitalise on Vietnam's growth
Samsung SDS – the IT solutions and logistics arm of Samsung – hopes to expand its business in Southeast Asia through a new partnership with Vietnam-based airfreight terminal operator Aviation Logistics Service (ALS).Through the partnership, Samsung SDS, which provides logistics services to non-Samsung companies as well as the electronics giant, ...
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Budapest Airport to develop new warehouse for DHL Express
DHL Express and Budapest Airport have signed an agreement to develop a new 13,000 sq m warehouse at the Hungarian hub.Budapest Airport will develop a large warehouse and office complex near Terminal One for the airport operations of DHL Express, which will sign a 20 year lease.DHL Express performs its ...
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East Midlands Airport to close at weekends for runway refurbishment
East Midlands Airport in the UK will close at the weekends during November and December as its runway undergoes refurbishment.The refurbishment will be completed over seven consecutive weekends, a UK first for airport runway refurbishment projects, meaning that the airport will be closed to all traffic for 48 hours each ...
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Cargo demand weakens at Brussels Airport as airlines reduce services
UPDATE: Brussels Airport saw cargo volumes decline in July as airlines reduced services and cancelled flights in response to weakening demand.The European airport saw total cargo volumes decline by 8.8% year on year in July to 39,689 tons. The largest decrease in percentage terms was felt by its belly cargo ...
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Munich on the up
Munich Airport handled 29.686 tonnes of cargo (airfreight and mail, excluding military cargo) in July, up by 2.9% on the same month of 2015.Over the seven-month January-July period, the Bavarian gateway processed 202,174 tonnes of cargo, up by 4.1% year on year.Of that total, 75,635 tonnes was unloading cargo, 115,318 ...
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MAG sees mixed picture for cargo volumes in July
The various airports owned and operated by the UK’s Manchester Airports Group – London Stansted, East Midlands and Bournemouth in addition to Manchester – enjoyed mixed fortunes in terms of their freight operations last month (July).Cargo volumes fell by 4% year-on-year at East Midlands to 27,153 tonnes, but there was ...
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Gatwick hits the highs
London Gatwick International Airport achieved what it says was the “busiest-ever month in its 80-year history” in July, with the development of its long-haul network at the heart of that expansion.In particular, new routes to North America, established over the last 12 months by carriers such as WestJet, have represented ...
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Copenhagen expands network coverage
Looking back over the first half of this year, Copenhagen Airport says it had its busiest ever six months.Moreover, over the last 12 months, the airport authority – Copenhagen Airports (CPH) – says that 40 new routes have been launched out of the gateway.As well as new routes opened up ...
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Avinor looks to Asia potential
Avinor, the organisation responsible for managing 46 Norwegian airports, including the country’s busiest air gateway in Oslo, has prioritised efforts to improve air connections between Norway and Asia, pointing to potential benefits for both passengers and freight.As part of this strategy, Avinor appointed Ulv Elbirk in a consultancy role as ...
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San Francisco cargo volumes hold steady over fiscal year
Sa Francisco International Airport handled 39,283 tonnes of cargo (freight and mail) in June, up by 9.6% over the same month of 2015.Approximately two-thirds of the cargo was moving on international routes, one-third of it on domestic lanes.Over the course of the 2015-16 financial year (the airport’s financial year runs ...
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Fraport reports on sluggish July throughput
Frankfurt Airport, Germany’s busiest airfreight gateway, handled 180,425 tonnes of cargo (freight and mail) in July, up by 1.5% on the same month of 2015.Over the course of the first seven months of this year, the gateway handled 1.23m tonnes of cargo, up by 0.8% year on year.Frankfurt Airport owner ...
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Munich Airport offers overview of 2015 operations
Flughafen München GmbH, operator of Bavaria’s Munich International Airport, has published its sixth annual ‘Integrated Report’ on the gateway’s performance and progress made on sustainability.Taking a look back at 2015, the report notes that freight and mail throughput grew by about 10% to reach a new high for a calendar ...
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Cargo on the up at Dubai International
Dubai International Airport handled 226,175 tonnes of cargo in June, 3.9% more than in the same month of last year.A total of 1.28 million tonnes of cargo passed through the gateway over the course of the first half of 2016.The operator of Dubai International, the world’s busiest airport in terms ...
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Fraport sees cargo growth outstrip passenger
Frankfurt airport operator Fraport recorded an increase in cargo traffic during the second quarter of the year but revenues and profits declined.Europe’s largest freight airport said second quarter cargo demand at Frankfurt increased by 2.3% year on year during the second quarter of the year to 528,712 tonnes and was ...