Dnata has signed a strategic partnership with Toll Air Services, one of Australia's leading ground handling operators. Toll Air Services is a division of Toll Holdings Ltd. The partnership, in which Dnata has acquired a 50 percent share, will inject new capital, equipment and technology into Toll's Australian airport operations, in addition to the sharing of ground handling best practices. Toll managing director, Paul Little said: "We welcome Dnata as a strategic partner and investor in … [Read more...] about ASIAN GROUND HANDLING~ Dnata inks pact with Toll Air Services
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ASIAN GROUND HANDLING~ Dnata terminal opens, after delays
With the opening of its FreightGate 5 terminal in March, Dubai monopoly handler Dnata Cargo fi nally has some room to breathe, with pressure being relieved on the long-suffering original Dubai Cargo Village facility, now knownas FreightGate 1. Formerly known as the third phase of the Freezone Logistics Centre, FreightGate 5 is a fully-automated terminal capable of handling 350,000 tonnes of cargo, situated on the opposite side of the runways from theoriginal Dubai Cargo Village. It … [Read more...] about ASIAN GROUND HANDLING~ Dnata terminal opens, after delays
ASIAN GROUND HANDLING~ AAT reports throughput for 1H
Asia Airfreight Terminal Co Ltd (AAT) said that tonnage throughput for the fi rst half of 2007 was 293,983 tonnes, a slight decline of 0.2 percent in overall volume handled when compared with the same period last year. Cumulative export cargo from January to June 2007 was 197,108 tonnes, recorded an increase of 0.5 percent compared against corresponding periodprevious year. Aggregate import tonnage for the fi rst half of 2007 was 94,660 tonnes, down 0.2 percent. Total transhipment volume … [Read more...] about ASIAN GROUND HANDLING~ AAT reports throughput for 1H
ASIAN GROUND HANDLING~ Hactl expects demand for its ‘one-stop’ service to increase
Hong Kong Air Cargo Terminal (Hactl), which is presently serving a total of 19 airlines with its "one-stop" service that offers benefi ts, added of service and cost advantages, expects the demand for this service to rise, asenior executive says. As a "one-stop" handler, Hactl is the single provider of physical cargo handling, air cargo documentation and ramp handling services for freighters, leaving airlines to focus on revenue generating activities, says Lilian Chan, general manager, … [Read more...] about ASIAN GROUND HANDLING~ Hactl expects demand for its ‘one-stop’ service to increase
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Readers, who regularly use London’s infamous Heathrow Airport, which as we wrote in our May issue, is the undisputed leader in the Passenger Harassment Competition, must have been pleasantly surprised to watch a recent item on CNN, which in no uncertain terms, confi rmed their darkest misgivings about this dreadfulairport. Around the same time, the Herald Tribune in an article by Tyler Brulé not surprisingly, asked its readers "With public stripping and rudeness … [Read more...] about DIRT
MILK MAN
We thought the Transportation Security Administration - TSA for those of you who don’t care to follow the often nonsensical statements from this agency - would have lifted one ofits most bizarre rules by now. But surprise, surprise, until last month it was still there, a remnant of the immediate past 9/11 host of measures devised by people who had absolutely no idea what they were doing. We are more than pleased to announce that the rule against bringing more than 3 ounces of … [Read more...] about MILK MAN