air cargo

HK’s Hactl and AAT see promising growth

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Hong Kong Air Cargo Terminals Limited (Hactl) said its tonnage throughput for the first month of 2010 reached 212,623 tonnes, representing a significant year-on-year growth of 48.9 per cent, although volumes in January2009 were severely depressed. Export volume in January increased 52.3 per cent against last year to 115,297 tonnes while import volume for the month also showed a year-on-year growth of 64.6 per cent, with 60,293 tonnes registered. Transhipment tonnage in January recorded an … [Read more...] about HK’s Hactl and AAT see promising growth

Paris-Vatry faces uncertain future

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Paris-Vatry is facing an uncertain future after more than 10 years of failing to live up to its ambition of becoming a complementary gateway to the congested Paris Roissy-CDG for air freight traffic. Last year, Paris-Vatry lost its two biggest freight operators, DHL and Avient, leaving the airport’s state-ofthe- art facilities vastly underutilised. Africa-specialist, Avient, which brought in nearly 70 per cent of Paris-Vatry volumes, left suddenly and acrimoniously in September … [Read more...] about Paris-Vatry faces uncertain future

New legal challenge to Heathrow’s third runway

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Critics of London Heathrow Airport’s third runway have launched a legal challenge based on what they say are flaws in the runway consultation process. Governmental approval for Heathrow Airport Runway 3 was given at the start of 2009, along with approval for a future Terminal 6 to support it. Supporting its original Runway 3 decision, the Department for Transport said it intended to offer a “robust” defence to the legal challenge. … [Read more...] about New legal challenge to Heathrow’s third runway

New Polet service from Tolmachevo Airport

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Polet Airlines is set to launch a twice weekly scheduled air service from Tolmachevo International Airport on the route Voronezh – Ekaterinburg – Novosibirsk from 20 May and will utilize a SAAB-2000 aircraft. In September 2009 the carrier launched a cargo service on the route with a long-haul IL-96-400T freighter. … [Read more...] about New Polet service from Tolmachevo Airport

ACL opens new facility at Beijing Capital airport

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Airport City Development Co., Ltd. (ACL) recently announced the completion of their new ACLP International Building located next to the Airport City Logistics Park (ACLP) part of the Tianzhu Free Trade Zone. Targeted at MNCs and aviation logistics-related companies, ACL said the new building offers prime office space and a technologically advanced business environment and offers a one-stop customs declaration and inspection hall. The ACLP International Building is located in the eastern … [Read more...] about ACL opens new facility at Beijing Capital airport

Record setting January for cargo at Frankfurt

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Despite the weather-related adverse effects on air traffic, Fraport AG – the owner and manager of Frankfurt Airport (FRA) – registered more cargo and passengers in January 2010 at FRA than in the comparable month last year. Airfreight tonnage increased at noticeably higher rates in the reporting month with some 157,637 tonnes of airfreight representing a 32.2 per cent gain. “Last month was the busiest January for airfreight handling in the history of Frankfurt … [Read more...] about Record setting January for cargo at Frankfurt