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Frankfurt cargo community to benefit from operational dashboard
Source: Fraport AGThe joint venture between software firm DAKOSY and airport operator Fraport has launched a new operational dashboard that aims to make it easier for the Frankfurt cargo community to plan resources.The Cargo Dashboard service from allivate will display incoming cargo volumes and processes at Frankfurt Airport (FRA) in ...
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Fraport aims to ramp up Frankfurt cargo capacity
Fraport will invest in digitalisation and develop new cargo areas at Frankfurt Airport as it expects volumes to increase to around 3m tonnes per year by 2040.The airport operator has developed a new cargo masterplan split into three areas - further investment in digitalisation to create efficiency; the redesign of ...
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Airbus lab to test new concepts in cargo
Source: AirbusAirbus is to go into partnership with experts from CHAMP Cargosystems, Fraport, KLM Cargo, Kuehne+Nagel and Swissport in a new tech initiative, the plane-maker announced at IATA World Cargo Symposium in Hong Kong on 13 March.OpenCargoLab aims “to drive digital, resource-saving concepts, contributing to more resilient and efficient airfreight ...
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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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Fraport and DAKOSY team up on cargo community JV
Martina Schikorr (r) and Dirk Gladiator (l) Source: allivate.Air cargo software firm DAKOSY and airport operator Fraport have established a joint venture to develop cargo community systems.The new joint venture will be named Allivate and each of the two companies will hold of 50% share.Martina Schikorr of Fraport and Dirk ...
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Fraport reports record profit, but cargo struggles
Image Source: FraportFraport, the airport operator that operates Germany’s busiest airfreight hub of Frankfurt Airport and also has interests in numerous other air gateways worldwide, has reported all-time high profit revenue, earnings and profit for the third quarter of this year.This record performance boosted an overall strong first nine months ...
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Frankfurt finally reports cargo increase... thanks to a difficult July 2022
Europe's busiest cargo airport Frankfurt has reported its first year-on-year increase in cargo volumes in 19 months.The German hub in July registered a 2.3% increase in cargo volumes compared with a year earlier as volumes reached 164,503 tonnes.This is the first time Frankfurt has registered an increase in its monthly ...
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Frankfurt cargo volumes down again in February
Cargo volumes at Frankfurt Airport continued to decline in February as the global economic downturn and war in Ukraine affected the airfreight market.The German air cargo hub in February registered an 11% year-on-year decline in cargo volumes to 146,620 tonnes.Volumes were also 9.1% behind pre-Covid 2019 levels and followed an ...
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Fraport tests autonomous tractor for cargo handling
Source: FraportAirport operator Fraport is trialling an autonomous cargo tractor at Frankfurt Airport as it considers automating some operations.The aim of the trial, which will last several weeks, is to determine whether an autonomous vehicle can support regular baggage and cargo operations on the apron.The electric vehicle will operate on ...
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Frankfurt the latest European airport to register a cargo decline in 2022
Frankfurt is the latest European airport to announce a decline in its cargo volumes last year.Europe's busiest hub saw cargo volumes in 2022 decline by 13.3% year on year to 2m tonnes.Airport operator Fraport said that the main factors contributing to this decline included the airspace restrictions related to the ...
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New executive director at Air Cargo Community Frankfurt
Felix Toepsch has been appointed as executive director of Air Cargo Community Frankfurt (ACCF) to replace Joachim von Winning who is returning to Fraport.Toepsch, who starts in the role on January 1, has worked at Fraport since 2013 and will bring his "extensive experience in innovation and digitalisation projects" to ...
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Frankfurt cargo volumes down 12.9% in first nine months of 2022
Image source: FraportAirport operator Fraport saw Frankfurt cargo volume decline by 12.9% year-on-year in the first nine months of 2022 to 1.47m tonnes.This was due, said Fraport, to the overall situation of the economy as well as persistent airspace restrictions due to the war in Ukraine and comprehensive anti-Covid measures ...
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Frankfurt reports drop in cargo volumes in H1
Europe's busiest cargo airport saw cargo volumes drop in the first half of the year as Covid lockdowns in China and the war in Ukraine took their toll on cargo demand.Airport operator Fraport said that during the first six months of the year cargo demand declined by 11% year on ...
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Lufthansa Cargo reports some easing of Frankfurt bottlenecks
Lufthansa Cargo has reported an easing in the bottlenecks experienced at its Frankfurt hub over recent weeks but will continue to divert some freighters to Munich for the rest of July.The airport, which is the busiest cargo hub in Europe, had asked cargo airlines to reduce flying in order to ...
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Frankfurt the latest to face flight cuts as staff shortage hits
Both passenger and freighter airlines are cancelling flights to and from Frankfurt Airport (FRA) as staff shortages affect operations at the hub.In a statement, airport operator Fraport said demand for travel was returning and at the same time it is experiencing staff shortages for some services along the travel chain."To ...
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DHL Global Forwarding signs up for Frankfurt Airport warehouse
Frankfurt CargoCity South. Source: FraportDHL Global Forwarding has signed up to take one of the remaining warehouse slots at Frankfurt Airport's CargoCity South development as it looks to expand charter operations.Construction will start in mid-2023 on an area of around 60,000 sq m. Once complete, the warehouse, including office spaces, ...
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Dakosy and Fraport further automate truck processing at Frankfurt
Source: FraportSoftware firm Dakosy and airport operator Fraport have enhanced truck processing at Frankfurt Airport to allow gates to automatically open for trucks with a pre-booked time slot.The two partners have enhanced the Fair@Link cargo community platform with an automatic license plate detection system that means the barriers at Gates ...
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New cargo customs requirements add to the strain at Frankfurt
Photo: Fraport AGCargo shipments at Frankfurt Main Airport are continuing to face delays as a result of high demand and new customs procedures for imports.The latest figures from Europe's busiest cargo hub show that demand at the airport continues to surge - in September cargo volumes increased by 13.4% year ...
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Air cargo heroes going not just the extra mile, but way beyond
Exceptional times call for exceptional measures. The past year has been a real challenge – and air cargo executives around the world have often asked us, the freight publications, to help express their gratitude to those who have kept the world moving.So nine airfreight titles have suspended competitive concerns today ...
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Fraport receives IATA CEIV Pharma recertification
Fraport has received IATA CEIV Pharma recertification for its operations at Frankfurt Airport, after it having initially achieved the award in 2018.IATA CEIV Pharma certification is recognition that a company conforms to IATA’s globally recognised pharma handling procedures and standards, and is capable of the "exemplary handling of time-critical and ...