Asia Airfreight Terminal Co Ltd (AAT) has announced it handled 51,380 tonnes of cargo in October, down 3 per cent year-on-year. Export cargo registered 36,093 tonnes, a decline of 3 per cent against same period last year. Import cargo volume for October was 14,930 tonnes, recording a decrease of 4 per cent from last year. Trans-shipment cargo volume was 357 tonnes, down 2 per cent. The cumulative tonnage throughput from January to October 2009 was 403,106 tonnes, representing a year-on-year … [Read more...] about HK’s AAT volumes down only 3% in Oct

Swissport International has announced it has concluded a comprehensive partnership with Aer Lingus in which the global ground handler will be named “preferred partner” at ten Aer Lingus stations in Europe over the next few weeks. The stations will include key hubs such as Paris, London, Frankfurt and Brussels. Commenting on the deal, Remo Hanselmann, head of Aer Lingus Cargo said the partnership makes sound business sense: “With a volume agreement like this, we are not only … [Read more...] about Swissport signs multistation deal with Aer Lingus

Asia Airfreight Terminal Co Ltd (AAT) announced today its tonnage throughput for November 2009 was 56,866 tonnes, registering a growth of 18 per cent compared with the same month last year. Export cargo in November registered 43,650 tonnes, representing a yearon- year growth of 29 per cent. Import cargo volume for November was 12,940 tonnes, down 7 per cent from last year. Transhipment cargo volume was 277 tonnes; recording a decrease of 15 per cent year-on-year. The cumulative tonnage … [Read more...] about Hong Kong’s AAT sees Nov gains of 18%

Dubai-based international airport services provider, Dnata, has announced it will acquire two of the UK’s leading ground handling operations, acquisitions which are valued at £15 million (US$24.5million). It will acquire Plane Handling Ltd., which is currently part of the Go-Ahead Group, providing cargo and ramp handling services at London Heathrow Airport and cargo handling services at Manchester Airport. At the same time Dnata is also acquiring passenger and ramp handling … [Read more...] about Dnata buys two UK ground handling companies

Servisair has announced that it has reached agreement with Go-Ahead plc to acquire their regional ground handling business at 11 airports in the UK. The agreement encompasses Aviance ground handling operations at Aberdeen, Belfast City, Belfast International, Birmingham, Cardiff, Edinburgh, Glasgow, London Luton, London Stansted, Manchester and Southampton Airports. Servisair will also acquire the Aviance cargo handling business at London Stansted. The acquisition excludes the Aviance London … [Read more...] about Servisair acquires UK ground handling business