Siemens Mobility has been selected by Taiwan Air Cargo Terminal Ltd (TACT) as it moves to expand its cargo facilities at Taipei and Kaohsiung, Taiwan. Siemens was awarded a contract to equip the existing cargo centre at Taipei Airport with a modern material handling system and to construct a new handling system for the air cargo terminal at Kaohsiung Airport. The total value of the contract is estimated at nearly €29 million. The projects are scheduled for completion March 2010 (Taipei) … [Read more...] about New Siemens handling systems for TACT
Air Freight Logistics
Lufthansa Cargo~ On track again
With time definite services, a wide range of differentiated products, a global partnership programme which the carrier signed with leading forwarding agents, the creation of subsidiaries to move into niche markets – just to name a few very remarkable points – the carrier was clearly the undisputed benchmark for the industry. It was Lufthansa (LH) Cargo that delivered the big news and defined most of the standards. A certain attitude of “we are setting the pace” was … [Read more...] about Lufthansa Cargo~ On track again
Swissport wins global Virgin contract
Swissport UK is to provide a new Central Load Planning service to Virgin Atlantic worldwide, under a new contract between the two businesses. The service will be operated by Swissport from mid-May for all of Virgin Atlantic's fleet on all services globally.Although Swissport has provided a full ground handling service for Virgin Atlantic at Gatwick since 2004, as well as Manchester Airports, the contract covers Virgin Atlantic flights at other UK airports and for aircraft down route in other … [Read more...] about Swissport wins global Virgin contract
Aviapartner continues growth path
European ground handler, Aviapartner Handling, has announced a series of new ground handling contracts with KLM in Marseilles, Nice and Toulouse and Air One in Milan-Malpensa. In Toulouse, Aviapartner will be handling three daily KLM flights from 3 June 2008. In Nice, KLM will switch to Aviapartner Handling as of 17 June for their four daily flights and in Marseilles as of 30 September for their three daily flights. All these flights are operated with Fokker 70 and Fokker 100 aircraft. In … [Read more...] about Aviapartner continues growth path
Chennai cargo ops hit by labour action
Cargo operations at Chennai’s air cargo terminal were hit from early-May by a work slowdown by staff of the Airport Authority of India. However, there was no disturbance in the handling of passenger and cargo flights, according to Dinesh Kumar, Airport Director, Chennai.The Southern India Chamber of Commerce and Industry in a press release said the Government has taken care for the passenger movement. But the export/import of cargo was given a lower priority the Chamber said with no staff … [Read more...] about Chennai cargo ops hit by labour action
ATC study shows privatisation benefits
A new study in the March 2008 issue of Canadian Public Administration, the journal of the Institute of Public Administration of Canada, reveals that the commercialisation of air traffic control organisations has greatly improved performance with respect to cost, safety, and technical modernisation.The study examined the performance of ten international commercial air navigation service providers (ANSPs) from 1997 to 2004 and compared them to US Federal Aviation Administration benchmarks. Over … [Read more...] about ATC study shows privatisation benefits
