Airports

China : China’s industrial output hits 6-year low

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China’s industrial growth in September hit a six-year low at 11.4 per cent from a year ago, with economists anticipating further declines, the South China Morning Post reported. The figure, which was below the 12.8 per cent recorded in August, was a result of a manufacturing ban for factories near Beijing in the runup to the Olympic Games, as well as slackening global demand due to the US financial crisis. While industrial output may recover somewhat for the rest of the year, now that the … [Read more...] about China : China’s industrial output hits 6-year low

Vietnam : Vietnam, US open cargo skies a bright spot

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Vietnam and the US have agreed to the terms of an Open Skies agreement that will effectively eliminate restrictions on air cargo routes linking the two countries. The new pact will give air carriers from both countries the go-ahead to carry cargo to or from third countries. The agreement was signed recently in Hanoi, where members of the Vietnam’s Civil Aviation Administration and the US Bureau of Economic, Energy and Business Affairs held meetings over the past several weeks at the US … [Read more...] about Vietnam : Vietnam, US open cargo skies a bright spot

Australia’s air cargo gateway nears capacity

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Sydney Airport (also known as Kingsford Smith International Airport) is both the major passenger airport serving Sydney, the main hub for Qantas and Australia’s keycargo gateway.The airport – managed by Sydney Airport Corporation Limited (SACL) – also has the honour of being one of the oldest continually operated airports in the world and the busiest airport in Australia, handling 31.9 million passengers and 290,346 aircraft movements in 2007. It was the 28th busiest airport in … [Read more...] about Australia’s air cargo gateway nears capacity

Steady as she goes: RJ Cargo enjoying solid volumes

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“RJ has obviously been affected by the spikes in the fuel surcharges, but actually yearto- date we are about a third above previous year’s production and yields have been decently solid,” Ingo RoesslerVP Cargo told Payload Asia.Helping sustain the volumes was a focus on marketing RJ’s freighters for charter missions, where the business has doubled over last year, he said.RJ Cargo is the air freight network leader in the Middle East’s Levant region. From its hub at … [Read more...] about Steady as she goes: RJ Cargo enjoying solid volumes