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Heathrow Airport records 5% drop in air cargo volumes, while Stansted reports increase
London Heathrow Airport suffered a tough July as cargo figures slid by more than 5% compared with a year ago.The airport, which is hoping to receive government backing for the development of a third runway, saw cargo volumes decline by 5.4% year on year to 121,240 tonnes in July.However, July’s ...
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Enfeebled Asia-Pacific airfreight market and sluggish Europe warns ACI
A weakening of international trade activity has “enfeebled the Asia-Pacific airfreight market” in the first half of 2015, while Europe remains “sluggish” in the same period as North America and Middle East volumes rebound.Latest data from Airports Council International (ACI) indicates that global airfreight volumes in June showed average “modest” ...
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Frankfurt Airport sees H1 freight volumes decline
Frankfurt Airport’s cargo (airfreight + airmail) tonnage dropped by 1.8% in the first six months of 2015 to around 1m tonnes, while passenger traffic grew by 4.1%.The first-half cargo decline was mainly due to “a noticeable decrease in throughput with the Far East and Latin America” regions said airport owner ...
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Manston's new role as temporary truck park
Closed UK south east hub Manston Airport has found a new role, as a temporary lorry park to ease truck congestion on the M20 motorway.The UK Department for Transport (DfT) has announced that the disused Ramsgate airport will be trialled as an addition to stage one of Operation Stack, which ...
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European airports record growth in H1 2015, but only just
European airports just managed to drag cargo volumes into positive growth for the first half of the year thanks to improved performance in June.Figures from the Airports Council International (ACI) Europe show that freight volumes for the first half of the year increased by 0.5% against a year earlier.The organisation ...
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IATA hits out at Paris airport charge increases
IATA has hit at the French Government for allowing the operator of Paris-Charles de Gaulle (CDG) and Paris-Orly (ORY) airports to continue increasing airport charges for each year of the 2016-2020 period.The airline group said the French government’s decision ignores the recommendation of the independent Airport Consultative Commission, which said ...
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Hong Kong government to look at local concerns over third runway
Hong Kong’s government has announced the creation of the Aviation Development and Three-runway System Advisory Committee (ADTAC), which will address – among other aviation policy issues - local concerns over the approved project for a third runway at Hong Kong International Airport (HKIA).Expected to open by 2023, Hong Kong’s third ...
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DHL backs Hong Kong's third runway
DHL has called for work to start on Hong Kong airport's third runway "no later than next year" if the world's top airfreight hub is to “stay ahead in Greater China's vibrant air cargo market, fuelled particularly by the surging demand of e-commerce and high-value perishables”.The express giant expressed its ...
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Athens awaits outcome
The Greek airfreight industry, along with the rest of the country, is waiting the outcome of a vote by MPs to approve a bailout package and avert a financial meltdown, along with possible exit from the Euro. “The situation here in Greece is very problematic – this also goes for ...
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LuxairCargo ready to go green
Luxair Group’s airfreight handling division LuxairCargo says it is one of the first four companies to apply for a ‘Lean & Green’ label from the Luxembourg Government.The scheme was launched in June 2014 by the Ministry of Sustainable Development and Infrastructures in collaboration with Cluster for Logistics, which promotes and ...
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Heathrow expansion gets business leaders' backing
Hundreds of business leaders have written to the UK Prime Minister to back plans for expansion at Heathrow, saying limited airport capacity is holding back UK growth.More than 270 business leaders, ranging from industry associations to high-street brands, signed the letter calling on the government to back the Airports Commission’s ...
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Munich gains approval for new runway
Munich Airport has won approval for the construction of a third runway ten years after the project was first launched.Yesterday, the Leipzig Federal Administrative Court rejected appeals by five individuals and environmental group Bund Naturschutz against the construction of the new runway in Munich, a key location for Lufthansa.In February, ...
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Asia Pacific airport volumes affected by European economy and Asia export slowdown
Air cargo volumes at airports based in the Asia Pacific and Middle East regions edged up in May but were impacted be export and economic slowdowns.The latest figures from Airports Council International Asia Pacific show that throughput at Asia Pacific airports increased by 1.6% in May compared with last year. ...
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Miserable May for top air cargo airports
Total airfreight growth dipped to a one-year low of 1.3% in May, with half of the world’s top 30 air cargo hubs posting a monthly decrease.Latest statistics from Airports Council International (ACI) show that air cargo’s poor performance during May was in stark contrast to a “robust” 6.9% growth in ...
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June cargo boost for Heathrow
London’s Heathrow Airport saw cargo volumes dip 1.9% in June to just under 123,000 tonnes, but airfreight volumes at the UK hub were up by 2.1% for the first six months of 2015.Heathrow - which awaits a UK government decision to green light to build a third runway – has ...
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Protesters cause Heathrow disruption
Protesters against expansion at Heathrow have caused delays and cancellations to flights this morning after they gained access to the airport’s runway.At 03.30 this morning, members of the Plane Stupid protest group managed to cut through a fence and chain themselves together on the runway causing 13 flights to be ...
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WFS targets majority stake in Fraport Cargo Services
The world’s largest cargo handler Worldwide Flight Services (WFS) has started its latest expansion phase with the planned acquisition of a majority stake in Fraport Cargo Services (FCS).The deal will see WFS acquire a 51% shareholding in FCS as part of a strategic partnership with Fraport. Terms of the transaction, ...
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Ash cloud disrupts Bali flights
Air traffic in Indonesia is being disrupted by an erupting volcano, which has led to five airports being shut including the major hub of Denpasar on Bali. According to the BBC, Mount Raung in East Java has been spewing ash into the air for nearly a week, and flights have ...
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Brussels growth reaches double-digit percentage levels in June
Brussels airport continued its strong start to the year with cargo growth of almost 16% in June compared with a year ago, despite the general slowdown in European volume growth.The Belgian airport saw cargo volumes in June increase to 43,187 tons compared with 37,262 tons a year earlier.Most of the ...
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Investment dithering costs UK dear, says forwarder’s chief
The British International Freight Association (BIFA), the UK’s main forwarders’ body, is calling for “real investment” in the country’s logistics network, including airports, ahead of the Chancellor's Emergency Budget tomorrow (July 8). Director general Robert Keen described the “prolonged dithering” over extending runway capacity in south east England as “the ...