Europe’s busiest air cargo hub, Frankfurt airport, has reported a slowing decline in cargo traffic in June. Frankfurt handled 148,211 tonnes of cargo in June, a 16.5 per cent drop from a year earlier that followed year-on-year declines of 17.1 per cent and 24.9 per cent in May and April respectively. The improved June figure still left cargo volumes in the first half of the year 21.4 per cent down on the same period in 2008 at 822,469 tonnes compared with 1.05 million tonnes a year … [Read more...] about Cargo decline slows in June at Frankfurt
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EUROPE & CIS: Fraport reports slight pick up in May traffic
Frankfurt Airport’s (FRA) traffic during the past three months continues to provide optimism as the drop in aircraft movements, as well as airfreight and airmail continued to slow slightly, Fraport said in a statement. Aircraft movements dropped only 4.4 per cent year-on-year to 40,666 takeoffs and landings and with 146,259 tonnes of cargo handled in May, Frankfurt’s airfreight slowdown narrowed to 17.1 per cent. At 2.37 million tonnes, maximum takeoff weights (MTOWs) … [Read more...] about EUROPE & CIS: Fraport reports slight pick up in May traffic
EUROPE & CIS: Fraport reports slight pick up in May traffic
Frankfurt Airport’s (FRA) traffic during the past three months continues to provide optimism as the drop in aircraft movements, as well as airfreight and airmail continued to slow slightly, Fraport said in a statement. Aircraft movements dropped only 4.4 per cent year-on-year to 40,666 takeoffs and landings and with 146,259 tonnes of cargo handled in May, Frankfurt’s airfreight slowdown narrowed to 17.1 per cent. At 2.37 million tonnes, maximum takeoff weights (MTOWs) … [Read more...] about EUROPE & CIS: Fraport reports slight pick up in May traffic
Fraport sells Germany's Hahn airport for €1
Fraport AG has sold Frankfurt-Hahn, one of Germany's leading all-cargo airports, for the symbolic price of €1. The company, which also owns Frankfurt-Main airport, Europe's biggest cargo hub, sold its 65 per cent stake in Hahn to the German federal state of Rhineland-Palatinate. Fraport said the deal, effective 1 January, ends all its financial obligations to Hahn, which had operated at a loss for several years. Traffic at Hahn fell 11 per cent in 2008 from the previous year to just under … [Read more...] about Fraport sells Germany's Hahn airport for €1
Fraport sells Germany’s Hahn airport for €1
Fraport AG has sold Frankfurt-Hahn, one of Germany's leading all-cargo airports, for the symbolic price of €1. The company, which also owns Frankfurt-Main airport, Europe's biggest cargo hub, sold its 65 per cent stake in Hahn to the German federal state of Rhineland-Palatinate. Fraport said the deal, effective 1 January, ends all its financial obligations to Hahn, which had operated at a loss for several years. Traffic at Hahn fell 11 per cent in 2008 from the previous year to just under … [Read more...] about Fraport sells Germany’s Hahn airport for €1
4th runway for Frankfurt but night flights a problem
The Frankfurt airport has been cleared for expansion by a German court after years of trying to get the expansion approved. As a result the airport can soon start building a fourth runway north of the current airport perimeter with an opening date of 2012. But Frankfurt's operator, Fraport and the main operator Lufthansa, also have to deal with the court's preliminary statement that the planned night flight restrictions are not far reaching enough. With Lufthansa's growth rates constrained … [Read more...] about 4th runway for Frankfurt but night flights a problem
