All Heathrow articles – Page 2

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    Record tonnage for Heathrow

    2018-10-26T08:45:22Z

    Five new services to China helped London Heathrow Airport achieve a record high of 1.3m tonnes, up 1.5%, in the nine months to September 30.Overall, revenues climbed 2.3% to £2.2bn “on the back of higher demand to fly and strong retail spend”, according to the airport.It says progress continues on ...

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    K+N achieves new food safety standard for Heathrow perishables centre

    2018-10-23T15:33:50Z

    Kuehne+Nagel (K+N) has achieved the revised food safety management standard [ISO 22000:2018] at its Heathrow Perishables Handling Centre (PHC).At 28,500 sq ft, the PHC is Heathrow’s largest on-airport chilled facility with 10 dock level doors and three ULD doors.Richard Werran, group director, food EMEA, with business standards company BSI, said: ...

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    AIPUT gains planning permission for new dnata cargo facility at Heathrow

    2018-10-11T14:41:18Z

    Airport Industrial Property Unit Trust (AIPUT) fund has secured local council planning permission for its 250,000 sq ft dnata City East warehouse on a site opposite the existing Heathrow Cargo Terminal.London Borough of Hounslow’s Planning Committee signalled its approval for the new facility, which has been designed to meet the ...

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    Heathrow cargo volumes rise in September

    2018-10-11T09:36:37Z

    London Heathrow Airport saw its cargo volumes rise by 1.2% in September compared to the same month of last year, reaching 142,343 tonnes.Heathrow also saw its August year on year cargo volumes rise by 1.2%.Traffic routeing through the key market of North America experienced particularly good growth last month – ...

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    Swissport expands Heathrow cargo capacity through SEGRO deal

    2018-09-17T08:31:52Z

    Ground handler Swissport has expanded its cargo presence at Heathrow Airport by taking a 36,000 sq ft facility from SEGRO.Swissport has signed a 10-year lease at Unit 1, SEGRO Park Portal Heathrow, a Grade A warehouse facility that also includes office space.The move comes as cargo volumes continue to grow ...

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    Heathrow volumes edge ahead in August

    2018-09-11T09:02:05Z

    London's Heathrow Airport saw cargo volumes grow by 1.2% in August to 140,738 tonnes, with airfreight growth led by the US, with over 50,000 tonnes travelling to and from the world's largest economy.For the eight month year to date, Heathrow handled just over 1.1m tonnes between January and August 2018, ...

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    New Tianjin Airlines service flies into Heathrow from Chongqing

    2018-08-29T08:15:44Z

    Heathrow has welcomed its first scheduled flight arriving directly from the Chinese city of Chongqing.Operated by Tianjin Airlines, the inaugural flight of what is a three times a week A330-200 service landed at the UK’s busiest air gateway this past weekend.The service will offer capacity for up to 3,744 tonnes ...

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    Segro: Planning to replace Heathrow's cargo 'horseshoe'

    2018-07-30T08:24:25Z

    Heathrow’s cargo landlord, Segro, is already planning for the complicated construction jigsaw that will see the 1960s design ‘horseshoe’ cargo area replaced by a modern cargo city when a third runway opens.Late June saw Members of Parliament in the House of Commons vote 415 to 119 in favour of Heathrow ...

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    UK sites bid to become logistics hubs for Heathrow's construction work

    2018-07-26T10:41:39Z

    After the positive vote by Parliament for Heathrow’s expansion, airport management has visited 65 UK sites bidding to host a logistics hub for the construction work supply chain.The Heathrow Logistics Hubs are integral to the airport’s plans to ensure that the whole UK benefits from the expansion, helping to spread ...

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    Regional airports call for new slots to an expanded Heathrow

    2018-06-26T15:47:03Z

    UK niche airport owner Regional and City Airports (RCA) has called on the UK government to safeguard new flight connections to regional hubs with the prospect of additional aircraft slots at an expanded Heathrow.Andrew Bell, chief executive of RCA, said: “Regional and City Airports welcome the confirmation from the government ...

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    Heathrow cargo landlord welcomes airport expansion yes vote

    2018-06-26T08:08:08Z

    SEGRO, the property firm that owns most of the airside cargo terminals at Heathrow airport, has welcomed last night's (Monday) vote by the House of Commons in favour of expansion at the UK's number one airfreight hub.David Sleath, chief executive of SEGRO, said: “The vote in favour of a third ...

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    Heathrow vote: Manchester calls for proposals to maximise other airports

    2018-06-25T10:11:44Z

    MAG, which owns Manchester, London Stansted and East Midlands Airports, has called on the UK government to match its support for a third runway at Heathrow with "specific and practical proposals to maximise the potential of others airports - not least because new capacity at Heathrow is more than a ...

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    Forwarders demand action over Heathrow airport expansion

    2018-02-16T16:11:33Z

    UK freight forwarders have backed a new report criticising the country's government for its lack of action on expansion at Heathrow airport.The National Infrastructure Commission's (NIC) first Annual Monitoring Report took the government to task for the slow progress of infrastructure development, including airport capacity in the south east of ...

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    Heathrow airport details "Christmas cargo" stats

    2017-12-12T09:53:14Z

    Over 143,000 tonnes of “Christmas cargo” is expected to fly via London Heathrow airport in the month leading up to December 25, a record to date, said the UK hub’s management.A statement added: “The airport’s data from November and December 2016 shows a clear spike in the volume of certain ...

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    A tale of two airports: Heathrow and Schiphol

    2017-03-27T10:40:58Z

    It was a tale of two cities and their airports, when the cargo chiefs of Amsterdam-Schiphol and London Heathrow took to the stage in Abu Dhabi for the IATA World Cargo Symposium.The theme was “It takes a village”, with Jonas van Stekelenburg, head of cargo at Schiphol, seated alongside Nick ...

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    Lithium powered ELT likely cause of Ethiopian Airlines 2013 Heathrow fire

    2015-08-19T10:07:28Z

    A fire onboard a parked Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 787-8 in July 2013 at Heathrow was likely to have been caused by a lithium battery powered emergency locator transmitter (ELT), according to accident investigators.The UK’s Air Accidents Investigation Branch (AAIB) said ELT battery wires, crossed and trapped under the battery compartment ...

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    Heathrow Airport records 5% drop in air cargo volumes, while Stansted reports increase

    2015-08-11T08:48:01Z

    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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    A tale of two airports

    2015-07-01T09:34:46Z

    Last year was a milestone for the Dubai airports. In January that year, Dubai International (DXB) took over from London Heathrow as the busiest airport in the world for international passengers, a title it looks likely to hold on to.In May, all non-express freighter operations were transferred from DXB to ...

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    IAG Cargo boosts capacity to Singapore with A380 super jumbo service

    2015-03-21T09:27:59Z

    CARGO customers in Singapore will benefit from additional capacity on IAG Cargo’s new A380 super jumbo service which is planned to operate to and from Changi International Airport later this year.IAG Cargo, the merged freight business of British Airways and Iberia, believes the new aircraft will prove particularly beneficial to ...

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    IAG Cargo's Valentine's Day flower shipments blossom

    2015-03-21T09:07:39Z

    AS THE world’s economy shows tentative signs of recovery, data from IAG Cargo has shown that when it comes to Valentine’s Day this translates to a blooming trade in flowers for key Latin American producers.Preliminary figures from the merged freight business of British Airways and Iberia, show that flower volumes ...