Shanghai, China’s Pudong International Airport Cargo Terminal is about to double its cargo capacity after it signed an agreement with Air China and SHK BeijingLogistics for a third cargo terminal. … [Read more...] about Pudong International Airport Cargo Terminal
Airports
Los Angeles International Airport
Freight traffic at Los Angeles International Airport, USA, dropped 16 per cent in August. LAX doesn’t publish individual inbound/outbound figures, but other US west coast airports have reporteddouble digit inbound figure drops. … [Read more...] about Los Angeles International Airport
Spanair
A Spanish court appears to be takingsteps to launch an official criminalinvestigation into the August 20 crashof a Spanair MD-82 at Madrid-BarajasAirport that killed 154 people. Reportshave suggested that a maintenance chiefand two technicians are being questionedon suspicion of manslaughter on 154counts. … [Read more...] about Spanair
Bold cargo vision for tiny PG Airport
A full eight hundred kilometres north of the West Coast metropolis of Vancouver, Prince George – population 80,000 – sits on the boreal plain surrounded by miles and miles of not much other than landand lakes.Part of this, relatively inexpensive, land was recently purchased in order to fulfill a C$36 million (US$28 million) vision to turn the Prince George Airport (YXS) into a refueling and technical stop for cargo planes servicing the transpacific trade lane and later, hopefully, as … [Read more...] about Bold cargo vision for tiny PG Airport
New runway at Indira Gandhi Airport opens
Indira Gandhi International (IGI) Airport’s third runway 11-29, opened for commercial operations recently with a B777-300 aircraft operated by British Airways becoming the first commercial flight to operate from the new runway. IGI Airport is now the country’s only airport with threeoperational runways.Developed by Delhi International Airport (P) Limited (DIAL), a joint venture consortium led by GMR Group, the new runway is part of the Master Plan to develop the IGI Airport into a … [Read more...] about New runway at Indira Gandhi Airport opens
Tirupati declared international Airport
The Indian government has declared the existing domestic airport at Tirupati in Andhra Pradesh as an international airport following persistent demand from public representatives.Tirupati airport belongs to Airports Authority of India (AAI) and has a 2286 metre X 45 metre runway suitable for all weather operation of A320 type of aircraft and the airport has been recently upgraded for night operations. AAI is in the process of further upgrading the airport. There is a proposal for construction of … [Read more...] about Tirupati declared international Airport
