Cargo airports – Page 98
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Maindeck outpaces belly at Brussels and Munich
European cargo airports Brussels and Munich have reported a rise in freighter-only volumes versus passenger bellyhold.Belgian hub Brussels, the ninth largest European cargo airport by volume in 2014, saw September’s airfreight traffic rise by 1.6% but highlighted “two opposing trends”.It stated: “The same as most other European airports, belly transport ...
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FedEx to benefit from Malpensa cargo expansion
FedEx Express and SEA, the Milan airport management company, have started construction on a new €15m operations base for the US parcels giant at the Italian hub.At more than 35,000 sq m, the highly-automated structure will triple the size of the current FedEx Express facility in Malpensa to become FedEx's ...
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ACI lands Hamilton cargo centre handling contract
ACI Air Cargo (ACI) has been named as the operator of Hamilton International Airport’s C$12m common-user air cargo centre.ACI will be responsible for all cargo handling services within the cargo centre’s common-user section at the Canadian hub, including bonded, e-commerce and temperature controlled air cargo handling, cross docking and end ...
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Freight operators discover Columbus
Columbus, Ohio, is a fashion centre of the US, and local airfreight gateway Rickenbacker airport has ambitions to grow from an S size cargo hub to XL.Europe’s Cargolux, Hong Kong’s Cathay Pacific and Dubai’s Emirates SkyCargo all now operate scheduled freighter services to Rickenbacker (LCK), a dedicated cargo hub and ...
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Cathay and Emirates expand cargo operations at Rickenbacker Airport
Cathay Pacific Cargo and Emirates SkyCargo will expand services to Rickenbacker airport on the back of recent growth by adding additional weekly freighter frequencies to their existing schedules in October.Cathay Pacific, which began scheduled international service between Rickenbacker and Hong Kong in 2014, will add a fourth weekly frequency to ...
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Moscow hub move for Transaero
Russian airline takeover target Transaero is moving all its flights at Moscow's Domodedovo airport to the capital’s Vnukovo airport from October 25.News of the relocation comes just a few weeks after rival Russian carrier Aeroflot confirmed that it is to acquire the assets and routes of debt-laden Transaero.The country’s second ...
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Yusen opens Schiphol pharma hub
Yusen Logistics has opened a dedicated pharmaceuticals gateway at Amsterdam's Schiphol airport.It represents the official launch of the Japan-based logistic player’s global pharma airfreight service, which is compliant with the Good Distribution Practice (GDP) protocol.Hiromitsu Kuramoto, president of Yusen Logistics, speaking at the opening ceremony in the Netherlands, said: “This ...
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Hong Kong terminal gets new cargo x-ray machine
Hong Kong’s Asia Airfreight Terminal (AAT) has installed a new x-ray detection machine to improve its cargo screening process.AAT said the new Smith’s Detection X-ACT x-ray machine offers an automated procedure for recognising any suspicious objects including weapons, explosives and narcotics in cargo shipments.It assists x-ray machine operators by localising ...
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Hong Kong cargo dip in August
A decline in transhipment traffic during August saw Hong Kong International Airport (HKIA)'s monthly cargo volume drop by 1.2% to 361,000 tonnes compared with the same month last year.It is the sixth month in a row for 2015 that the world’s number one cargo hub, handling 4.4m tonnes in 2014, ...
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CAAC 'fully supports' Hong Kong's third runway
Beijing’s Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) “fully supports” Hong Kong International Airport (HKIA)'s plan to expand into a three-runway system.The CAAC will also “proactively implement various initiatives” concerning airspace management in the Pearl River Delta region around Hong Kong, which is home to the world’s number one air cargo ...
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Hong Kong was the top cargo hub in 2014
Hong Kong was again the world’s number one cargo airport by freight tonnages, registering a six percent increase during 2014 to 4.4m tonnes.Annual statistics released by Airports Council International (ACI) show that FedEx hub Memphis was in second place with 4.3m tonnes, a rise of 2.9%, followed by Shanghai, up ...
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Frankfurt community website gets a refresh
The Air Cargo Community Frankfurt’s internet presence now has a fresh new look (www.FRA-fr8.com).The new website now provides full details of companies, institutions and organisations and is geared to an international audience, being completely bilingual in German and English. It now has a modern layout and a responsive design, so ...
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Freight continues to impress at Dubai’s new airport
Cargo volume at Al Maktoum International - Dubai World Central (DWC) - continued to rise sharply in the first half of 2015, pushing the new airport from 20th to 19th place in the ranks of the top world cargo airports.Freight jumped 42% in the first half of 2015 to 443,000 ...
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Schiphol milk run to save CO2 emissions
Schiphol airport’s logistics community are trialing a ‘Milk Run’ concept to reduce CO2 emissions by replacing forwarders' truck collections from handling agents with a single delivery.The partnership project, organised by the forwarders’ steering committee of Air Cargo Netherlands, aims to optimise the inbound supply chain at Amsterdam hub Schiphol by ...
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Asia slowdown impacts Schiphol’s cargo first half
Asian and European volume declines saw Amsterdam Airport Schiphol handle 784,567 cargo tonnes in the first six months of 2015, down 2.1% on 2014. The figures were mainly impacted by declines in Asia traffic (down 3.8% at 293,293 tonnes) and Europe (down 16.2% to 64,198 tonnes). Other regions held up ...
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Leipzig/Halle airport hits record volumes in July
Freight volumes at Leipzig/Halle Airport, Germany’s second-largest cargo hub, set a new record in July with throughput totaling 84,397 tonnes, an increase of 7.7% over like month 2014.July was the third record-setting month in 2015, said the airport authority, which added that the volume of cargo between January and July ...
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Vienna bids to raise Malta stake
Flughafen Wien (Vienna Airport) is to make a €3 per share offer for Canadian-based SNC Lavalin’s stake in Malta International Airport.Since the Mediterranean island airport was privatised in 2002, 40% of it has been held by Malta Mediterranean Link Consortium, in which Flughafen Wien AG has a 57.1% holding via ...
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Cochin is India’s first all-solar powered airport
Cochin International Airport in India says it has become the first in the country to operate completely on solar power.Chief minister Oommen Chandy has inaugurated a 12 MWp solar power plant, comprising 46,150 solar panels laid across 45 acres near the cargo complex. The plant is now producing 50,000 to ...
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Five join Frankfurt cargo club
Air Cargo Community Frankfurt, the association of companies, institutions and organisations promoting the German freight hub, has welcomed five new members.The arrival of Swissport Cargo Services Deutschland, Dachser, Thermotraffic, Sovereign Speed and my Logistics means that the number of members in the association is now 33.“We are delighted about the ...
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Half year declines for Europe's top three cargo hubs
Europe’s top three cargo hubs – Frankfurt, Paris and Amsterdam - all registered tonnage volume declines in the first six months of 2015.Data collated from the airports or government statistical offices show that Frankfurt – the top European air cargo hub in 2014 with 2.16m tonnes, saw a 2.1% decline ...