As part of a cooperation, Vienna Airport will now handle all pharma shipments transported by Austrian Airlines for Lufthansa Cargo at its GDP-certified pharma handling center or VPHC. The airport said the cooperation further establishes Austria’s international airport as a strong pharma hub for central and eastern Europe. In 2021, the airport's pharma handling center handled around 15 percent more goods than the previous year, up 66 percent compared to the pre-crisis year of 2019. To … [Read more...] about Vienna Airport, Lufthansa team up on pharma shipments
Ground Handling & Cargo Terminals
dnata invests in solar roof panels at Changi Airport
dnata is sticking to plans to reduce its carbon footprint in Singapore with newly installed rooftop solar panels at Changi Airport. The airside services provider has installed a 3.5-MWp rooftop solar power system across its operations, including its cargo and catering facilities at Changi. The ‘rooftop power plant’ comprises over 6,500 individual solar panels and will generate more than 4,300 megawatt hours of clean energy a year. dnata said the new installation will enable the company … [Read more...] about dnata invests in solar roof panels at Changi Airport
dnata inaugurates new cargo complex at Heathrow
dnata has inaugurated its latest state-of-the-art cargo centre at London Heathrow airport (LHR). The new 10,500-sqm facility (also known as ‘Phase II’) was designed to operate in conjunction with dnata City East’s existing 22,500-sqm cargo terminal, which opened in September 2019. dnata said the expansion makes the City East cargo complex 'comfortably the largest off-site cargo handling operation at Heathrow airport'. The air side services provider will handle all air freight of Virgin … [Read more...] about dnata inaugurates new cargo complex at Heathrow
Agility’s airport services unit confirms Menzies takeover
Executives at British aviation services company John Menzies have accepted a £571 million (US$741 million) takeover bid from Kuwaiti rival National Aviation Services (NAS), owned by infrastructure and logistics giant Agility. Analysts say the Menzies and NAS merger would create the world’s largest airport services firm, according to the number of countries it operates in. Menzies, which offers services ranging from cargo and baggage-handling to passenger check-in and plane de-icing and … [Read more...] about Agility’s airport services unit confirms Menzies takeover
dnata eyes German air cargo market with local acquisition
dnata is set to expand its European footprint with the planned acquisition of German cargo terminal operator Wisskirchen Handling Services. The Dubai-based airside services provider said it has executed agreements with the owner of Wisskirchen, Oliver Hellwig, to acquire 100 percent of the shares in the company. Wisskirchen is the exclusive operator of the Cologne Bonn Cargo Centre, a 12,000-sqm facility at Cologne/Bonn Airport (CGN) that handles more than 85,000 tonnes of cargo annually, … [Read more...] about dnata eyes German air cargo market with local acquisition
CHAMP fosters innovation in Belgium’s air cargo chain
CHAMP Cargosystems has launched a new platform to support innovation within the Belgian air cargo community together with long-time partner Air Cargo Belgium. The new platform, which debuted at the innovation forum in Brussels on 31 March 2022, will give stakeholders access to share information, ideas, and best practices with the objective to foster innovation. CHAMP said this initiative builds on an original MoU signed in September 2020 which cited the software and IT company as the … [Read more...] about CHAMP fosters innovation in Belgium’s air cargo chain