Responding to criticisms that it has turned away civilian aircraft carrying vital relief material for Haiti's earthquake stricken capital of Port-au-Prince, the US military which is currently running the crippled airport, said the one-runway airport is simply overwhelmed. Lack of ramp space is the key problem accounting for the bottleneck according to military officials. The facility can hold about one wide-body and five narrow-body aircraft, as well as three smaller aircraft at any given time. … [Read more...] about Haiti’s damaged airport struggles with the load
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Record setting Dec for Sri Lanka air cargo
Cargo volumes at Sri Lanka's main Bandaranaike International Airport have reached an all-time high in December 2009, topping a previous record in 2006, according to state-run carrier Sri Lankan Airlines, which operates the airport's only cargo terminal. Sri Lankan said a that a total of 23 airlines had carried 16,070 tonnes of cargo in 1,213 flights, topping a March 2006 high of 16,033 tonnes. For the full year 2009 the airport handled 133,693 tonnes of cargo. … [Read more...] about Record setting Dec for Sri Lanka air cargo
Year-end jump in cargo volumes at Changi
Like many airports around the world, Singapore's Changi Airport registered a strong rebound in both cargo and passenger volumes in the last quarter of 2009. December saw a 15.7 per cent rise in cargo throughput to 149,700 tonnes in December compared to a year earlier when the cargo industry was in the early stage of its sharp decline. Cargo volumes for the full year 2009 were down 12 per cent to 1.63 tonnes compared to 2008 with month-by-month volumes seeing a steady improvement from January's … [Read more...] about Year-end jump in cargo volumes at Changi
Haiti's damaged airport struggles with the load
Responding to criticisms that it has turned away civilian aircraft carrying vital relief material for Haiti's earthquake stricken capital of Port-au-Prince, the US military which is currently running the crippled airport, said the one-runway airport is simply overwhelmed. Lack of ramp space is the key problem accounting for the bottleneck according to military officials. The facility can hold about one wide-body and five narrow-body aircraft, as well as three smaller aircraft at any given time. … [Read more...] about Haiti's damaged airport struggles with the load
PACTL buoyed by new carriers and charters
Shanghai Pudong International Airport Cargo Terminal Co., Ltd. (PACTL) announced that the total air cargo tonnage throughput of its two cargo terminals, PACTL and PACTL West, amounted to 800,000 tonnes from January to November 2009 and forecast to reach 900,000 tonnes by the end of this year, down 12.6 per cent comparedwith the same period last year. PACTL said overall cargo volumes started recovering since July this year and the terminal company picked up additional volumes through the … [Read more...] about PACTL buoyed by new carriers and charters
China’s Capital Airports in Peru tender
Capital Airports Holding, which operates 34 airports on the Chinese mainland, plans to expand its presence in Latin America, according to senior managers of its unit in Colombia. The mainland’s largest airport manager was participating in an open tender for the rights to renovate and manage six airports in Peru, CAH Colombia deputy chief executive Oscar Hernandez told the South China Morning Post. At a projected capital expenditure of nearly US$240 million, the winner is expected … [Read more...] about China’s Capital Airports in Peru tender