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Island airport plan is on track, insists governor
The Governor of St Helena has firmly denied reports that opening of the island’s new airport has been scrapped or postponed indefinitely because of wind shear problems.In fact, the airport is already officially operational, having handled an emergency medevac flight on 4 June to fly a sick baby to Cape ...
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Gatwick delays caused by runway 'pothole'
London’s second-busiest airport, Gatwick, was plunged into chaos over the weekend after heavy rain opened up a pothole in the main runway.All flights were stopped for a time for repairs just after 15.45 on Sunday although operations were later diverted to the northern runway, which is not normally used due ...
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Airports council hits back in ongoing spat with airline group
Airports Council International (ACI) Europe has issued new analysis that it said “sets the record straight” over claims from Airlines for Europe (A4E) that charges are too high.ACI Europe analysis said that over the last ten years airport charges had increased by 25.4% in real terms, which, it pointed out, ...
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DHL Express to increase warehouse footprint at Calgary airport
DHL Express will be the anchor tenant for Calgary International Airport's expanded cargo and logistics facility.Phase II the new cargo facility will add approximately 100,000 sq ft of warehouse space at the airport, raising total warehouse space at the airport to more than 3.2m sq ft.DHL Express will expand its ...
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European airports see monthly cargo growth reach two year high
European airports saw monthly freight traffic increase by a two-year high in April, outstripping even passenger demand growth.The latest figures from Airports Council International (ACI) show that European airports saw freight traffic increase by 5.5% year on year in April while passenger traffic growth slowed to 3.7%.ACI said the lower ...
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Chinese firm takes majority stake in Frankfurt-Hahn airport
UPDATED: Chinese investor Shanghai Yiqian Trading Co has taken a majority stake in Frankfurt-Hahn Airport after months of speculation as to which firm would win a call for offers.At a press conference this morning, the German state of Rhineland-Palatine's interior ministry put an end to months of speculation as to ...
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DHL Express moves Seattle air operation to Sea-Tac airport
DHL Express has moved its Seattle air operation down the road to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport from Boeing Field Airport in order to access Sea-Tac’s recently developed cargo facilities.The move will see DHL operate 20 flights per week using Boeing 757 and B767 freighter aircraft.The airport said the addition of DHL ...
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NewsPicture special: Hactl turns 40
Hong Kong Air Cargo Terminals Ltd (Hactl) is celebrating its 40th anniversary this month.Hactl, which is Hong Kong’s largest independent cargo handler and one of the largest in the world, first opened its doors in May 1976 when Hong Kong’s airport was at its original Kai Tak location.As space in ...
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Changi three runway system contract award
Singapore's Changi Airport Group (CAG) has awarded a S$1.1bn contract to help develop a three-runway system at the key Asian passenger and cargo hub that handled 1.84m tonnes of freight in 2014.A joint venture formed by Samsung C&T Corporation and Koh Brothers won the contract for the first package of ...
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Analyst sees ray of hope in air cargo gloom
Analyst World ACD sees glimmers of hope in world air cargo figures for March 2016.Although year-on-year volumes overall dropped by 0.9% worldwide, flows from Asia Pacific to Europe and the Middle East & South Asia (MESA) showed growth of 19% and 12% respectively, holding out some hope of a change ...
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DB Schenker opens new Dubai World Central logistics facility
DB Schenker has opened a new facility in Dubai Logistics City (DLC) freezone, located close to Dubai World Central Airport.The German logistics company’s new logistics building measures 7,200 sq m and is first part of a three phase plan to open facilities with a footprint of 25,000 sq m at ...
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NewsBrussels and Miami airports launch global pharma organisation
Brussels and Miami airports are to set up a global organisation focused on improved pharmaceuticals handling and quality in the air cargo supply chain.Pharma.aero will focus on airport communities that "embrace" IATA’s Centre of Excellence for Independent Validators Pharma (CEIV Pharma) programme and are looking to further build on the ...
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Double decker container carrier hits the road
A double deck trailer which can carry up to 13 AKE air cargo containers with a 60% reduction in carbon emissions has been designed to transport ULDs between Japan’s Haneda and Narita airports.Designed and built by Van Eck, the Netherlands-based road-transport equipment specialist, the customised trailer was commissioned by Japan’s ...
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Brussels' cargo traffic continues to recover after March attacks
Cargo traffic at Brussels airport continued to recover in April after the terrorist attacks in March.The airport said that in April cargo volumes were down 4.8% year on year to 39,129 tons as passenger operations were closed until April 3 and took a while longer to fully recover after that ...
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DHL opens pharma centre at Schiphol
DHL Global Forwarding has opened a logistics centre for life science and healthcare products at Amsterdam-Schiphol airport in the Netherlands.The Life Science Competence Center is located next to the airport at the business park Schiphol Southeast. It serves as a hub for the transport, transport preparation, temporary storage, and transport ...
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Hong Kong sees 'slight growth' in April's cargo volumes
Hong Kong International Airport (HKIA) recorded a “slight growth” in cargo volume during April, up by 1.2% on the same month 2015 to 365,000 tonnes.A spokesman for the number one air cargo hub said: “The growth in cargo throughput last month was mainly attributed to a 10% year-on-year growth in ...
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April surge for Frankfurt cargo volumes
Frankfurt Airport has returned to cargo volume growth for the first time in the current business year with a 5% surge in April to 181,948 tonnes.Europe’s number one hub by cargo throughput said that Far East traffic was the main growth driver last month, with cargo tonnage to/from this region ...
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Heathrow sets out plan to meet concerns over expansion
Airport operator Heathrow Airport Limited has today (11 May) laid out how it believes it can exceed the Airports Commission’s conditions for expansion and urged the prime minister to give the go-ahead for a third runway at the nation’s busiest air gateway.Heathrow's plan comes just a week after a UK ...
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ACI reports disappointing freight traffic figures
Airports Council International (ACI), the European airport trade body, has released statistics showing that freight traffic across its European airport members increased by 2.1% in the first quarter of 2016 compared to the same period of last year.All of that growth was moved across airports based in EU countries; amongst ...
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MAG cargo traffic on the up in April
Cargo traffic across the gateways operated by Manchester Airports Group (MAG) rose year on year in April, with London Stansted recording an impressive 12.6% improvement in freight tonnage (20,826 tonnes) passing through the gateway in April compared to the same month of 2015.At 9,202 tonnes, Manchester Airport’s freight traffic was ...