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DHL helps India prepare for disaster
Guwahati International Airport is the latest location to benefit from the joint DHL-UN Development Programme (UNDP) Get Airports Ready for Disaster (GARD) programme to improve handling of relief goods. The Assam gateway is hosting the programme, the first to be held in India, on 8-11 December.Speaking at the event, UNDP ...
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BRUcargo to launch Air Cargo Belgium with Polmans as chairman
The BRUcargo community in Brussels is launching a new independent organisation that will work to improve the logistics and cargo operations linked to Brussels Airport.The new Air Cargo Belgium organisation, which will be launched in February next year, is the next stage of development of BRUcargo’s Strategic Committee.Brussels Airport head ...
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Forwarder frustration as UK runway decision ‘delayed’
The UK’s main trade association for freight forwarders and logistics service providers said it was frustrated at reports that a decision on expanding UK south east airport capacity could be delayed for another six months.The British International Freight Association (BIFA) called on Prime Minister David Cameron to have a rethink ...
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Heathrow expansion decision set for six month delay
A decision on where to develop new airport capacity in the UK looks set to be delayed again as concerns are raised about the environmental impact of building a third runway at Heathrow.Reports in the UK media quote senior government sources as suggesting the decision on whether to build an ...
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Hong Kong secures HK$5bn revolving credit facility
Airport Authority Hong Kong (AA) has signed a five-year HK$5bn ($650m) revolving credit facility with 21 local and international banks, a successful placing that lays the “solid foundation” for financing the hub’s three-runway system.Hong Kong, handling 4.4m tonnes, was the largest non-integrator air cargo hub in 2014.AA chairman Jack So ...
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Shanghai's PACTL on course for record 2015
China’s slowing airfreight volumes have failed to dampen the 2015 expectations at Shanghai’s Pudong Int’l Airport Cargo Terminal (PACTL), which remains on course for year-end record tonnages.The Sino-German joint venture logged a 6.8% rise in volumes to just over 1.46m tonnes in the first eleven months of 2015.The January to ...
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Bogota gets new control tower
Latin America’s busiest air cargo airport Bogota has opened a new control tower that it claims will double the number of air traffic operations at the facility.The Colombian airport’s new control tower, which will allow hourly flights to increase from 58 to 90, was officially opened by the President of ...
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Heathrow or Gatwick, cargo's quiet voice in the great debate
It will all be over by Christmas. Honest.That is the predicted timeline for the UK’s Conservative government to decide on whether to push ahead with a third runway at London-Heathrow airport, a length of concrete that will not set until 2025 at the earliest.The other option is to give London-Gatwick ...
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Cargo security needs rethink, says AEA expert
Industry regulators have been too focused on screening passengers at the expense of cargo, and airfreight needs access to new technologies, an aviation expert told the Transport Security Expo in London.Kee Kras, manager of security and cargo at the Brussels-based Association of European Airlines (AEA), said that while cargo screening ...
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Decision on UK airport capacity expansion draws close
With a decision due on the future of UK airport capacity over the coming weeks, Heathrow and Gatwick airports have begun to ramp up their campaigns to convince politicians to back their proposals and airfreight is playing a central role in the debate.In July, the Airports Commission finally published its ...
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European airports pledge to go carbon neutral
The European airport industry has pledged that 50 airports will be carbon neutral by 2030 at the United Nation’s COP21 environmental conference in Paris.During a UN and International Carbon Reduction and Offset panel session at COP21, Airports Council International (ACI) Europe vowed to increase the number of carbon neutral airports ...
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Georgi and Menian join Air Cargo Community Frankfurt
Georgi Transporte and Menian Spedition have joined Air Cargo Community Frankfurt, the alliance of companies, institutions and associations aimed at promoting Europe’s number one airfreight hub by volumes.“The intensive activities of the Air Cargo Community Frankfurt and its members sustainably bear fruit in many areas,” said Joachim von Winning, executive ...
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Schiphol cargo closes gap in Q3
Amsterdam Schiphol Airport handled just under 147,400 tonnes in October, a 1.4% increase over like month 2014, although volumes for the first ten months of 2015 were down by 1.1% against prior year.October’s result at Europe’s third largest air cargo hub by volume was an improvement on prior month September, ...
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Ningbo finds a cargo BUDdy
Hungary’s Budapest Airport (BUD)and the Ningbo International Airport & Logistics Development Co have signed a strategic cooperation agreement in Shanghai.Ningbo International is located in one of China’s most highly developed economic regions, some 200 km from Shanghai.The two airports, which established direct contact in 2014, have now formalised their increasingly ...
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Dubai's DWC beats Q3 cargo dip to register 15.9% nine-month surge
Airfreight traffic at Dubai World Central (DWC) rose 15.9% to 662,143 tonnes during first nine months of the year.Hub operator Dubai Airports said: “Year on year cargo volumes increased despite a dip in volumes during the third quarter when DWC handled 219,131 tonnes of freight, down 15.6% from 259,636 tonnes ...
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China Airlines extends Fraport deal
Fraport Cargo Services (FCS) and China Airlines have renewed the carrier’s cargo handling contract at Frankfurt Airport.FCS managing director Andreas Helfer said: “We are very pleased that China Airlines, one of Asia’s leading airlines, has decided to extend its contract with Fraport Cargo Services for providing landside cargo handling services ...
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Hong Kong airport sees cargo growth in October
Hong Kong International Airport (HKIA) saw cargo growth for the second consecutive month in October, increasing by 2% over like period 2014 to 392,000 tonnes.Hong Kong, the world’s number one cargo airport by volumes in 2014 at 4.4m tonnes, had recorded a decrease in freight throughputs in six of the ...
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Cargo records tumble at Leipzig/Halle
Leipzig/Halle Airport, Germany’s second-largest air cargo hub, saw record cargo volumes in October by handling 88,336 tonnes, a 10.1% increase over like month 2014.This is the fourth throughput record during 2015 for the airport, due mainly to express volumes from DHL and the DHL's AeroLogic joint venture with Lufthansa Cargo.Freight ...
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New PACTL cool centre to open next year
Shanghai Pudong Int’l Airport Cargo Terminal (PACTL) will open its new eco-friendly cool centre early next year.PACTL announced plans to open the centre, which has a capacity of 100,000 tonnes per year, following the start of trial operations after the authorities had approved all the necessary licences.The cool centre covers ...
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Harry the rhino flies to a new home to Indonesia
Harapan (Harry), the world’s only Sumatran rhinoceros living outside of South Asia, has arrived safely at his new home in Indonesia from Columbus’ Rickenbacker International Airport via Cathay Pacific Cargo.There are fewer than 100 Sumatran rhinos left in the world, and Harry needed to be relocated from his home at ...