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Cathay Cargo provides peak season update as cargo operations hit by Anchorage snowstorms
Cathay Cargo has reported that the market is approaching the "peak of the peak" although cargo operations are being affected by extreme weather.Cathay Pacific regional head of cargo Southeast Asia Ashish Kapur said that the most pronounced peak is happening out of Hong Kong, led by e-commerce exports from the ...
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NewsHong Kong International retains busiest cargo hub top spot
Hong Kong International Airport (HKIA) retained its position as the world's busiest cargo airport in 2022 despite the impact of Covid restrictions, according to statistics from Airports Council International.HKIA saw its cargo volumes fall by 16.4% year on year in 2022 to 4.2m tonnes as restrictions on crew hampered operations, ...
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Record cargo volumes at ANC as passenger numbers pick up
Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport (ANC) has handled record air cargo volumes during the first half of 2021, as its passenger numbers picked up.Between January and June, the hub processed 1.73m tonnes of air cargo — a 23.45% increase on the first six months of 2020.The hub said it is ...
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NewsPittsburgh and Anchorage team up to bolster US air cargo supply chain
The new Cargo 4 facility will expand PIT's cargo footprintUS hubs Pittsburgh International Airport (PIT) and Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport (ANC) have partnered to "better streamline the air cargo supply chain".The agreement, which will establish airfreight and passenger services between the hubs, is also expected to boost their sales ...
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NewsHong Kong loses cargo hub top spot to Memphis
The world's largest cargo hubs saw demand increase last year despite the Covid outbreak, while US express hub Memphis surpassed Hong Kong to become the world's largest cargo hub (full charts below).Preliminary statistics from Airports Council International (ACI) show the the top ten air cargo hubs in 2020 saw volumes ...
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Record cargo volumes at Anchorage International
Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport (ANC) handled record cargo volumes last year as e-commerce soared and the use freighters to carry cargo increased.The airport, which has a large number of freighter services, saw its cargo volumes increase by 16% year on year to 3.5m tonnes.“The tremendous surge in cargo volumes ...
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Plans for a new cold storage facility at ANC revealed
A new cold storage facility is to be developed at Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport (ANC).Alaska Cargo and Cold Storage (ACCS) will develop the 700,000 sq ft facility and intends to start work in the fourth quarter of 2021.The facility will offer climate-controlled zones, ground source heat exchange, 500kw solar ...
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Cargo volumes continue to soar at Anchorage International
Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport (ANC) reported a rapid increase in cargo volumes during the third quarter of the year as the use of freighter aircraft continued to surge.The Alaskan airport handled nearly 1m tonnes of cargo in the third quarter this year, a 25% increase in cargo tonnage compared ...
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Record quarterly cargo volumes at Anchorage
Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport (ANC) handled record volumes of cargo in the second quarter of the year as a result of the loss of transpacific passenger flights.The airport handled 900,000 tons of cargo through the second quarter of the year — a year-on-year increase of 14.5% and ahead of ...
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Anchorage Airport open again after false freighter bomb threat
Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport was forced to close for a short time on Saturday (May 2) after a bomb threat was made against a Taiwan-based China Airlines' cargo flight.The freighter was forced to divert to the Alaskan Airport after taking off from Seattle, en route to Taipei, after a ...
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Cargo pilot becomes Alaska's first coronavirus case
Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport (ANC) was last week notified that an "individual associated with a cargo flight" tested positive for coronavirus.The Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Facilities (ADOT) said the patient is a foreign national who developed a fever and respiratory symptoms shortly after arriving in Anchorage on ...
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Amazon to begin Anchorage cargo flights later this month
Amazon Air will begin flights to Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport (ANC) on June 27.The airport announced last week that the carrier would begin services to the Alaskan hub utilising Boeing 767 freighter capacity.The airport said that it would result in Amazon Prime packages being delivered to Alaskans “a little ...