All Europe Articles – Page 159
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Transport experts back Heathrow – but with caveats
The Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport – the international professional body for individuals and companies associated with the sector – has come out in favour of Heathrow as the site of south-east England’s additional runway but says that its impact needs to be capped.CILT is responding to the UK ...
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Turkish Cargo opens new terminal at Istanbul
Turkish Airlines’ new cargo terminal at Istanbul airport is now fully operational after completing a transition phase.The facility has an annual capacity 1.2 million tonnes and a total area - airside and landside - of 71,000 sq m.Said a spokesperson: “With the launch of the new cargo facility, operational processes ...
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Stansted flower power
Stansted Airport played cupid as 200 tonnes of flowers arrived in preparation for Valentine’s Day.Freighters have flown in tens of thousands of roses from Kenya and Colombia into the UK hub.Stansted handles around 230,000 tonnes of freight per year on 11,000 cargo flights to and from 200 countries including textiles, ...
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Schiphol: Shippers, not freighters
In any industry, does it not make sense to study the strategies of the most successful players? Yet at a time when Amsterdam Schiphol airport is showing robust growth in cargo volumes, many of its major rivals are taking the opposite approach.They are dispensing with cargo managers and making cargo ...
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Freighter fillip for Brussels
Cargo at Brussels Airport grew across all segments in January compared with the same month last year – including the first increase in full freighter traffic for four years, said the airport authority.A 3.8 per cent rise in all-cargo aircraft tonnage (excluding integrators) at the Belgian hub contributed to a ...
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Tackling pharma’s ‘blackhole’
Brussels airport has launched a pilot project to end the industry-wide airside “black hole” that remains a major problem for pharma shippers globally when sending their goods by airfreight.The Belgian hub is working with industry players to find a benchmark solution that can monitor and control airside temperatures.Steven Polmans, head ...
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Good start for Heathrow
Cargo at London Heathrow airport grew 3.3 per cent to 115,847 tonnes in January, compared with the same month in 2014.The January cargo results included increases of 54.0 per cent to Mexico, 28.6 per cent to Brazil, 11.3 per cent to India and 11.2 per cent to Turkey.In the 12 ...
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Ménage a trois for Delta
Delta Cargo is to co-locate with Air France-KLM at Paris Charles de Gaulle (CDG) airport.The move brings all three Skyteam Cargo alliance members under one roof and will improve efficiency, said the US carrier. It would also offer more frequent routing options with the benefits of a broader joint network.Delta ...
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Dentressangle extends HK consolidations to the UK
Norbert Dentressangle is extending its Hong Kong air cargo consolidations to the UK, following the launch of a similar service to Paris.With cargo space on flights from China and Hong Kong at a premium in the weeks and months leading up to the Chinese New Year, the freight forwarder will ...
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Schiphol freighters flow more freely
A new Schiphol taxiway, linking the ‘Kaag’ runway with the Sierra cargo zone, has halved live runway crossings for freighter aircraft since it opened in November.Amsterdam Schiphol Airport says that the new link is also cutting taxiing distances and hence fuel and CO2 emissions, as well as time.The ‘Kaag’ runway ...
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Network Aviation Group expands cargo services at Stansted
Network Aviation Group has added a fourth MD-11 freighter service per week between Kenya and the UK's London-Stansted.The MD-11 will depart Nairobi on Fridays and arrive on Saturdays at Stansted.The increase in freighter services was welcome by Stansted owner and operator MAG. Graeme Ferguson, MAG commercial director for cargo, said: ...
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IAG Cargo to offer all-in freight rates
IAG Cargo is joining the all-in freight rates club, following the lead set by Emirates SkyCargo and Qatar Airways.A spokesman for the cargo arm of British Airways and Iberia said that it will remove the fuel surcharge and exceptional handling charges “to offer a simpler pricing structure”.He added that the ...
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DHL to expand Brussels hub capacity
DHL is investing €114m in a new hub at Brussels Airport that will triple the express giant’s handling capacity from 12,000 to 39,500 shipments per hour.The original Brussels facility was set up in 1985 – prior to DHL’s purchase by the German post office - as a regional hub. In ...
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Hong Kong's equine VIPs
Hong Kong Air Cargo Terminals Ltd (Hactl) handled all 62 horses competing in the Longines Hong Kong Masters event, representing one of the largest horse handling assignments in its 38 year history.It is the third successive year that Hactl has handled the event’s equine show jumping stars.The terminal operator handled ...
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Dachser keeps it in the family
European logistics company Dachser has become a Societas Europaea (SE) – a modern, pan-European company structure – but insists that it will remain a family-owned firm and is not planning to list on the stock market.Dachser spokesman Christian Weber said: “Dachser is and will be a 100 per cent family-owned ...
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Healthy growth for UTi’s pharma business
Freight forwarder UTi Worldwide has opened a Good Distribution Practices (GDP)-certified pharma facility in Rome.The 1,700 sq m site near Fiumicino – Leonardo da Vinci International Airport aims to tap into the large number of pharma companies now operating in central Italy and south of the region, said global vice ...
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Geodis Wilson appoints EMEA chief
Freight forwarder Geodis Wilson has appointed Matthias Hansen as regional vice president for Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA) – a role he has filled on an interim basis the last few months. He replaces Alain Chimene.Hansen became managing director for Germany in 2009 and also served as managing ...
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SLi moves into Heathrow
Colchester, UK-based logistics firm SLi is to open a new operation at Heathrow to tap into the air cargo and express distribution market. The company, which is a member of the nationwide Palletways network of road hauliers, has a policy of investing in sites close to the country’s main air ...
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East Midlands hits all-time high
The UK’s East Midlands Airport handled 309,000 tonnes of flown cargo in 2014, the best ever throughput in its 49-year history. Traffic was up 3.6 per cent on 2013’s volume.The airport also beat its 2010 figure, its previous best year, by nearly 2,000 tonnes.EMA is a main UK hub for ...
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Africa: airports sign agreement
Airports Company South Africa (ACSA), owner and manager of South Africa’s nine principal airports, has signed a have signed a cooperation agreement with Mitteldeutsche Airport Holding, representing Germany’s Leipzig/Halle Airport.The strategic partnership will involve “the exchange of information and individual expertise”.The agreement, inked during the Air Cargo Africa 2015 Conference ...