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Heathrow chief repeats expansion call as cargo jumps in June
Heathrow chief executive John Holland-Kaye called for a quick decision on the airport’s third runway as the London gateway revealed a jump in cargo in June.Tonnage grew 2.1% year on year to 125,536 tonnes with China up 11%, India 3.3% and Turkey 3%. The moving annual total to June 2016, ...
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RiverOak submits initial plans for UK's Manston airport
US hedge fund RiverOak has submitted a scoping report outlining its plans for the redevelopment of Manston airport in the southeast of the UK.The report has been produced with the purpose of obtaining a scoping opinion from the planning inspectorate, which will be used to inform a more detailed Environmental ...
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Delayed runway decision will see France and Germany beat UK economy – CBI
UK company bosses group, the CBI, has warned of the economic consequences for Britain if the government continues to put off a decision on additional runway capacity in the South East of England.Paul Drechsler, CBI president, said: “More than ever before, it is absolutely critical that the government sends a ...
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Dallas is e-AWB compliant
Dallas Fort Worth International Airport (DFW) is one of the first two US airports to be fully electronic airway bill (e-AWB) compliant, as designated by IATA.To qualify as an e-airport, the majority of airlines and cargo ground handlers at DFW had to adopt e-AWBs with every international airfreight shipment.Ten of ...
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Airport capacity – FTA says Britain needs connections with the world post Brexit
UK shippers have warned that the British government's further delay on a decision for new runway capacity in the south east of England "is bad news for the economy and will further erode confidence in Britain’s ability to compete in global markets".The assessment came from Freight Transport Association (FTA), which ...
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UK government delays decision on additonal runway for south east of England
A decision on airport expansion in south-eastern England is to be delayed until "at least October", Transport Secretary Patrick McLoughlin has announced.London's Heathrow and Gatwick airports have been vying with each other over building an extra runway and a decision was expected this summer.Heathrow's plan for a third runway received ...
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Istanbul flights resume
UPDATED: Istanbul's Ataturk Airport began operating flights on the morning of June 29 following a terrorist shooting and suicide-bombings which left 41 people dead and 239 injured.Flights had been suspended in the aftermath of the attack that took place on the evening of June 28.Three attackers began shooting inside and ...
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UK airport expansion debate reignited by Brexit vote
The Brexit vote has reignited calls for a decision on airport expansion in the southeast of the country and the debate over whether Heathrow of Gatwick is best suited to provide an extra runway.Shortly after the results of the vote were announced, British Prime Minister David Cameron announced he would ...
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Heathrow pushes case for expansion following EU vote
Heathrow Airport has pushed its case for expansion following the UK’s vote to leave the European Union (EU) and with the possibility of a Heathow-expansion sceptic becoming the next prime minister.Shortly after the result of the vote was announced, the airport emphasised the importance of its expansion for UK businesses.“Only ...
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ACI Asia Pacific reports mixed fortunes for freight in April
Airports Council International Asia Pacific has reported that airfreight traffic through its gateways in the Asia-Pacific region was “largely stagnant in April”.There was a marginal increase of just 1.3% year on year in the Asia-Pacific region, although cargo growth through the trade body’s Middle Eastern gateways rose by 4.9% over ...
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Davies Turner to expand its UK airfreight base
UK-based freight forwarder Davis Turner has confirmed that it intends to begin construction this autumn on a second multi-million pound regional distribution centre (RDC), doubling the size of its present facility in Avonmouth, Bristol.Bristol is the headquarters site for Davies Turner’s air cargo subsidiary.The company has planning consent for a ...
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Atlanta work under way
Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport officials have started work this week on the ATLNext $6 billion 20-year capital improvement plan. It includes expansion of cargo operations and a sixth runway as well as modernisation of passenger facilities.“The ATLNext modernization project will prepare our Airport for the future,” said interim airport general ...
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Imports lead Hong Kong into negative territory
Hong Kong International Airport (HKIA) saw a 1% decline to 362,000 tonnes in May.While trans-shipments grew by 6% in May, overall cargo volume fell, primarily due to a 4% year-on-year drop in imports and 2% for exports.Traffic to and from key trading regions in North America saw the most significant ...
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Pharma industry needs Heathrow decision now
Freight forwarder, Rhenus Logistics UK, is calling on the government to make a quick decision on a third runway at London Heathrow.It says that a recent postponement of a final vote on the issue until at least summer 2016 could hamper the country’s pharmaceutical industry. This, coupled with the UK's ...
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Shanghai and Luxembourg sign pharma deal
Two more airport operators have signed a deal to promote transport of temperature-sensitive pharma products between Europe and Asia at the Air Cargo China 2016 exhibition and conference.Following yesterday’s deal between Swiss WorldCargo, Cargologic and SATS for a temperature-controlled, quality corridor between Singapore and Zurich, Luxembourg Airport operator lux-Airport and ...
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Brussels Airport sees cargo bounce back
Brussels Airport says its cargo traffic has recovered from the March 22 terrorist attacks.Total volume in May 2016, at 40,396 tonnes, is almost back to May 2015’s 40,535 tonnes.Traffic on full-freighter and integrator aircraft in fact showed significant growth. Full-freighter traffic grew by 7.9% on May 2015 due to the ...
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MAG cargo up despite French strikes
Striking French air traffic controllers failed to deflect MAG airports’ cargo growth in May 2016. Cargo at London Stansted jumped 9.2% to 20,463 tonnes, while Manchester was up 6.1% to 9,265 tonnes and East Midlands’ total rose 4.5% to 26,720 tonnes.This was despite what MAG chief executive Charlie Cornish described ...
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More muscle for Frankfurt freight grouping
Kühne + Nagel, Hellmann Worldwide Logistics and the Freight Forwarding and Logistics Association of the Hessen/Rhineland-Palatinate (SLV) have joined the Air Cargo Community Frankfurt.The grouping, which represents the interests of the air cargo industry in the city, now has 41 members from all sectors of the air logistics chain.Community executive ...
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Frankfurt cargo falls away
Cargo throughput at Frankfurt airport softened 1.3% to 177,536 tonnes (freight and mail) in May 2016 compared with the same month in 2015, said operator Fraport.It follows a strong showing in April, when cargo surged 5.5%, the first monthly growth in the current business year.On a year to date basis, ...
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Cargolux switches flower flights to Schiphol
Cargolux Airlines has switched its flower flights from South America from Maastricht Airport to Amsterdam Schiphol.The all-cargo carrier said the move would enhance service levels for the flights, 90% of whose traffic is destined for the Netherlands.Flying directly to Amsterdam reduces transit times to the nearby Aalsmeer flower auctions – ...