SAS has announced its plans to sell its cargo handling unit – Spirit Air Cargo Handling – but will keep its SAS Ground Services (SGS) unit as long as it meets profi tability targets. Th e decision on SGS is conditional upon SGS meeting a number of quality and profi tability targets, within 18 months, including a cost reduction target of nearly SKR400 million (US$63.7 million). “Otherwise, an external solution will be on the cards, for example, by bringing in a part-owner … [Read more...] about SAS to ditch its cargo handling unit
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Swissport’s new Tel Aviv facilities ready in Q2
Swissport International said its new cargo terminal at Ben-Gurion Airport will be operational in the second quarter this year. With this new building Swissport will be able to off er state-of-the-art warehouse technology and smooth logistic services with a total annual potential cargo capacity in the range of 181,000 tonnes. The Swiss handler also announced that the Israel Infrastructure Fund (IIF) has invested in Swissport Cargo Services Israel Ltd.’s new aerial cargo terminal. … [Read more...] about Swissport’s new Tel Aviv facilities ready in Q2
The Suvarnabhumi / Don Mueang debate
Any renewed attempt to turn Bangkok’s Don Mueang back into an international airport would be counter-productive to Suvarnabhumi’s bid to become a regional aviation hub, a veteran airline leader warned, according to a Bangkok Post report. Prasert Prasarttong-Osoth, the founder and chief executive of Bangkok Airways, Thailand’s largest private airline group, said the 93-year-old airport should only serve domestic flights, air cargo and general aviation activities such as … [Read more...] about The Suvarnabhumi / Don Mueang debate
Vladivostok Avia grows and Tajik gets green light
Passenger service of Vladivostok Avia grew 20.7 per cent in 2007 mainly due to the growth in international passenger service, with 2.5 billion passenger-kms in the full year, an increase of 16.6 per cent over the previous year. Passenger load factors totaled 72 per cent, a rise of 4.4 per cent. Cargo traffic grew 11.3 per cent with a load factor of 73.5 per cent, up marginally on a year earlier. Meanwhile, Russia reached a temporary agreement with Tajikistan on lifting a ban on the flights … [Read more...] about Vladivostok Avia grows and Tajik gets green light
New technology for Singapore Changi Airport
The Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore (CAAS) and Thales recently signed a SG$300 million (US$212.7 million) contract for a new Air Traffic Control system, LORADS III (Long Range Radar and Display Systems III). LORADS III, a state-of-the-art next-generation air Traffic control (ATC) system, will enable air Traffic controllers to safely handle increasing air Traffic beyond the next decade, according to the CAAS. The system will improve the efficiency of ATC operations through better sequencing … [Read more...] about New technology for Singapore Changi Airport
New cargo terminal for Yemelyanova
Yemelyanova Airport located 37 km northwest of the Siberian city of Krasnoyarsk has launched its new cargo terminal, part of an ongoing large-scale project to create a large intermodal transport hub at the airport. The airport was recently in the news over Russia's banning of Lufthansa Cargo overflight rights unless the carrier shifted its Asian refueling and distribution hub from Astana Kazakhstan to either Yemelyanova or Novosibirsk, also located in Siberia. Lufthansa Cargo has refused on the … [Read more...] about New cargo terminal for Yemelyanova
