Denying the current economic slow down is the reason, FedEx has announced its new US$150 million Asia Pacific hub at Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport in southern China will not open in December 2008 as originally planned. Instead the new facility’s opening will be pushed back to mid-2009. FedEx said in a statement it expected the new hub, which was currently in the testing phase, to be fully operational in the first half of 2009. FedEx stated that over the past several months, … [Read more...] about FedEx delays opening of its new China hub
Air Cargo Asia
Middle East Air Cargo Supplement for February issue
Once a mere refueling stop and transhipment hub for traffic between Europe and the Far East, the Middle East region has rapidly grown into a one of the fastest growing air cargo markets in the world. Aggressive airline expansion has seen record setting orders for aircraft and phenomenal airport and logistics infrastructure projects across the region. The growth and expansion is most visible in the United Arab Emirates with Dubai, Abu Dhabi and Sharjah leading the pack. Nearby, Qatar and … [Read more...] about Middle East Air Cargo Supplement for February issue
Major expansion to main Oman airport underway
Work has begun on expanding Seeb International Airport, located outside Muscat, the capital of the Sultanate of Oman, with a new runway and controltower taking shape. Expansion is planned in four stages, ultimately boosting the airport’s capacity to 48 million passengers by 2050 (it handled 4.8 million passengers in 2006). Scheduled to be completed by 2010, the first phase will reach a capacity of 12 million passengers a year and included in the plan is a new passenger terminal, a … [Read more...] about Major expansion to main Oman airport underway
San Bernardino looks to Asia for new cargo
In the wake of DHL’s pullout from the domestic US express business, officials at San Bernardino International Airport are looking to Asia for potential new cargo business. Representatives from the southern China city of Shenzhen and at least one cargo carrier, the shipping division of China Southern Airlines, toured facilities in San Bernardino recently. The airport is hoping to convince China Southern to transfer one or both of its two weekly Chicago cargo flights over to the San … [Read more...] about San Bernardino looks to Asia for new cargo
AirBridgeCargo plans growth around Schiphol
Amsterdam Schiphol Airport will be at the heart of AirBridgeCargo Airlines’ (ABC) development strategy as it plans to build on a record year in 2008, according to the Russian cargo carrier. ABC currently operates sevenBoeing 747 all-cargo flights a week from Amsterdam to Moscow and onto China (Beijing and Shanghai) and Hong Kong. Robert Song, Global Commercial Director for ABC, said: “Amsterdam is one of our main gateways in Europe and we are experiencing strong growth there. We are … [Read more...] about AirBridgeCargo plans growth around Schiphol
HACTL sees nearly 20% volume drop in Nov
Hong Kong Air Cargo Terminals Ltd (HACTL) said cargo throughput in November dropped 19 per cent year-onyear to 184,158 tonnes. Export volume was 107,592 tonnes for November and 1,189,319 tonnes for the first 11 months, down 20.7 per cent and 3.2 per cent year-on-year, respectively. Import volume for November was 42,546 tonnes while the volume for the fi rst 11 months was 544,402 tonnes, down 23.1 per cent and 4.1 per cent, respectively. Transhipment volume was down 6.5 per cent … [Read more...] about HACTL sees nearly 20% volume drop in Nov
