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Ethiopian Airlines inaugurates e-commerce logistics facility
Ethiopian Airlines launches e-commerce facility at Bole Airport Photo: Ethiopian Airlines.Ethiopian Airlines Group has launched a new e-commerce logistics facility at Addis Ababa Bole International Airport.Located inside the Ethiopian Cargo & Logistics premises at the airport, the facility is dedicated to e-commerce, mail and courier logistics services.The facility will offer ...
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Kuehne+Nagel Air enhances New York hub
K+N temperature controlled space at JFK facility. Photo: K+NSwiss-headquartered Kuehne+Nagel has expanded its John F. Kennedy International airport (JFK) facility in New York.The forwarder has added a 4,500 sq ft stand-alone, GxP-compliant, temperature-controlled area, and has also extended its existing 78,763sq ft of warehousing at the gateway by 10,000sq ft ...
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Cathay Cargo Terminal gets greener with recycled plastic
Photo: Cathay PacificCathay Cargo Terminal will utilise 50% recycled plastic cargo cover sheets for all export cargo shipments built up within its terminal.This is an increase from the terminal's current specifications of no less than 30% recycled content for sheets, and builds on its efforts to adopt a circular economy ...
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AfA calls on Biden to improve US airport cargo infrastructure
The US Airforwarders Association (AfA) has written to US president Joe Biden to ask for funding to be allocated for the improvement of cargo facilities at the country's airports.In his letter, AfA executive director Brandon Fried said it was disappointing that the recent announcement of $970m in grants for airport ...
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Korean Air and Vienna Airport partner on cargo
Julian Jäger, joint CEO and COO of Vienna Airport (left), and Jaedong Eum, senior vice president and head of cargo business division, Korean Air. Photo: Korean AirKorean Air has signed an agreement to strengthen its air cargo partnership with Vienna International Airport.The partnership aims to build on growing air cargo ...
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Menzies expands cargo facility at Budapest Airport
Source: Budapest AirportMenzies Aviation has expanded its cargo handling terminal at Budapest Airport’s (BUD) Cargo City as it looks to meet growing volumes.The expansion will increase Menzies’ cargo capacity at the airport from 49,000 tons to 85,000 tons per year.The upgrades include a 3,000 sq m warehouse expansion, a 1,500 ...
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Durban airfreight terminal sees volumes spike due to port congestion
Source: Dube Cargo TerminalDube Cargo Terminal at King Shaka International Airport has seen air cargo volumes spike in recent months as a result of congestion at South Africa's sea ports.The terminal company said that in the last four months of 2023, its air cargo volumes were up 57% quarter on ...
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India's air cargo industry sets ambitious growth targets
India has set an ambitious target of reaching 10m tons of air cargo handled per year by 2030, attendees at the Air Cargo India event in Mumbai were told.“This is India’s time for growth,” said Sanjiv Edward, chief executive – cargo and logistics at the GMR Group which operates Delhi, ...
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Amazon closes US airfreight facility
Photo: AmazonAmazon Air is closing its airfreight facility at Kelly Field Airport, San Antonio, Texas, in a move that is set to affect ground handler employees at Worldwide Flight Services.E-commerce giant Amazon did not state why it is closing the facility at the joint-use airport, however, it told Air Cargo ...
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Bangkok handler BFS lifts its import cargo embargo
Handler Bangkok Flight Services (BFS) has cut short its embargo on import goods after it managed to clear a backlog caused by a surge in volumes.The Bangkok Suvarnabhumi Airport handler had been planning to run the embargo between midnight on Monday February 12 and the same time on Sunday February ...
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Schiphol launches upgraded Port Community System
Joost van Doesburg, head of cargo, Schiphol. Photo: Amsterdam Airport SchipholAmsterdam Airport Schiphol has launched the upgraded version of its Port Community System (PCS) after four years’ of development with its fully owned cargo information platform, Cargonaut.The PCS is a single tech platform for information and data exchange between all ...
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WFS extends handling contract with Air China Cargo in Madrid
Air China Cargo freighter. Photo: Worldwide Flight ServicesWorldwide Flight Services (WFS) has extended its cargo and ground handling contract with Air China Cargo for another three years at Adolfo Suárez Madrid-Barajas Airport in Spain.Air China Cargo has been a longstanding customer of WFS in Madrid since commencing regular freighter operations ...
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Cargo hub project begins at Riga Airport
Latvian airline airBaltic has partnered with building company UPB Nams for the construction of a new cargo hub at Riga Airport.The Baltic Cargo Hub will dedicate approximately 5000 m2 to air cargo handling facilities and will be equipped with semi-automatic cargo handling equipment.This equipment is expected to improve cargo handling ...
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Lufthansa Cargo recovers after strike action
Lufthansa Cargo's operations at Frankfurt and Munich airports were recovering this morning after a strike by ground staff lasting over 24 hours came to an end.Ground staff at Deutsche Lufthansa AG, Lufthansa Technik and Lufthansa Cargo undertook strike action organised by trade union Ver.di from 4am CET on Wednesday February ...
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Lufthansa Cargo operations hit by strike
Lufthansa Cargo's operations in Frankfurt and Munich have been impacted due to a strike by ground staff lasting over 24 hours.Ground staff at Deutsche Lufthansa AG, Lufthansa Technik and Lufthansa Cargo are undertaking strike action organised by trade union Ver.di from 4am CET today until 7.10am on Thursday.A Lufthansa Cargo ...
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Runway work restricts Maastricht's air cargo volumes in 2023
Maastricht Aachen Airport saw its air cargo volumes decline last year due to work being carried on its runway but registered "significant growth" in trucked freight volumes.The Dutch regional cargo airport last year saw its air cargo volumes decline 70% year on year to 32,275 metric tonnes.The airport said that ...
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New road targets improved San Juan cargo hub connectivity
Source: Puerto Rico Life Sciences Air Cargo CommunityLuis Muñoz Marín Airport (SJU) operator Aerostar Airport Holdings has invested in new road infrastructure to improve connectivity across the hub's cargo facilities.The operator invested $4.6m in the new road connecting cargo facilities at SJU, which currently handles over 90% of airfreight for ...
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DHL GF begins construction of Frankfurt Airport airfreight centre
Anke Giesen (left) Fraport, and Tobias Schmidt, DHL. Photo DHLConstruction has begun on DHL Global Forwarding's new airfreight centre at Frankfurt Airport.The forwarder expects to inaugurate the air cargo centre in mid-2025. Fraport, the owner and operator of Frankfurt Airport (FRA), has leased the property space to DHL Global Forwarding ...
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IATA awards safety accreditation to WFS at Heathrow
WFS operations at Heathrow Airport. Photo: WFSWorldwide Flight Services (WFS) has been awarded the IATA Safety Audit for Ground Operations (ISAGO) accreditation for its cargo handling operations at Heathrow Airport.This follows an independent audit of its operational management and control systems in accordance with standards and practices for ground safety.The ...
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Tallinn Airport City to develop new cargo terminal
Source: Tallinn Airport CityBusiness park Tallinn Airport City and Maru Construction have signed a contract for the design and construction of a new cargo terminal on the southern side of the Estonian airport.The new €8m terminal will measure 5,250 sq ms, with 1,450 sq m of office space and 3,800 ...