Two giant pandas received a complementary ride from the US to Chengdu, China last month courtesy of FedEx Express. Tai Shan, a four-and-a-half-yearold male panda born at the Smithsonian’s National Zoo in Washington, D.C., and Mei Lan, a three-year-old female panda born at Zoo Atlanta, landed at China’s Chengdu Shuangliu Airport aboard a custom-decaled FedEx 777 Freighter, dubbed the ‘FedEx Panda Express’. Upon arrival, the pandas were transported to … [Read more...] about “Panda Express” delivers siblings to Chengdu
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UPS opens new intra-Asia hub at Shenzhen
UPS launched its inaugural flight at Shenzhen’s Bao’an International Airport on 9 February, marking the opening of its new intra-Asia hub, replacing operations at the former Clark Air Force Base in the Philippines. The new US$180 million UPS Asia-Pacific hub has 400 staff and is capable of sorting 18,000 packages an hour, according to UPS. The International Cargo Centre Shenzhen (ICCS) will provide one-stop ground handling operations to UPS along with all freighter … [Read more...] about UPS opens new intra-Asia hub at Shenzhen
TIACA reaches out to India
When sitting down with TIACA’s secretary general it quickly becomes apparent some of the key issues that are on the global air cargo association’s busy agenda. “We want to see Cargo 2000 succeed and standards coming to the industry. We are working closely with IATA and making sure that awareness about Cargo 2000 is followed,†said Daniel Fernandez, secretary general, The International Air Cargo Association (TIACA). He went on to stress that the air cargo … [Read more...] about TIACA reaches out to India
HK’s Hactl and AAT see promising growth
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
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
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
