All Europe Articles – Page 83
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Lufthansa opts for va-Q-tec passive temp-control containers
Lufthansa Cargo has partnered with va-Q-tec to offer the temperature-controlled specialist's va-Q-tainer thermal containers at stations across the German flag-carrier’s global network.The va-Q-tainer is a temperature-controlled container solution for six temperature ranges from -70°C to +25°C. Negating the need for external energy sources, it is available in five sizes, and ...
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Leipzig/Halle supports ever-growing freight volumes
Leipzig/Halle airport handled 828,163 tonnes of cargo during the first nine months of 2017, a 7.7% increase over the same period last year for Germany’s second-largest airfreight hub.It also represented the 13th consecutive year of cargo growth at Europe’s fifth-largest airfreight gateway.The airport, operated by Mitteldeutsche Flughafen, serves as a ...
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IAG Cargo enjoys ‘strong growth’ in third quarter
IAG Cargo’s 2017 third quarter results saw airfreight's commercial revenue reach €259m, a 10.2% increase over the same July-September period in 2016 when measured at constant exchange rates.The carrier - which includes British Airways, Iberia, Aer Lingus and Vueling - saw its cargo yield for the quarter up by 2.4% ...
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Rhenus consolidates airfreight operations through Frankfurt
Supply chain operator Rhenus is consolidating its European airfreight volumes at Frankfurt airport, Germany’s busiest air cargo hub.The decision to create the new hub was taken in response to “the positive global development in business and the increasing volumes of freight in its air and ccean business”.The airfreight hub at ...
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Heathrow reports strong cargo growth
Cargo traffic through Heathrow airport rose by 10.5% year on year to reach 1.25m tonnes in the first nine months of 2017.Passenger volumes at key UK London gateway also rose, helping to generate a year on year revenue increase of 3.2% to £2.2bn ($2.9bn).Adjusted earnings before interest, depreciation, tax and ...
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London airports "completely full" by mid-2030s says UK government
All five of London’s main airports will be "completely full" by the mid-2030s, and four of them within a decade, according to updated aviation demand forecasts published today by the UK government.Transport minister Chris Grayling said that the forecasts “also show us that the north-west runway scheme at Heathrow is ...
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NewsUK airfreight fails to keep pace with passenger growth
Department for Transport statistics confirm that UK airfreight has not kept pace with the national growth in passenger numbers, in terms of both tonnage and numbers of aircraft movementsIn 2011, (77%) and 2016 (78%) most freight by tonnage was in carried the bellyholds of passenger aircraft, states the latest updated ...
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Forwarders look to secure airfreight capacity for busy peak
Freight forwarders are bracing for a busy peak period by securing air cargo capacity under block space (BSA) and ACMI agreements.Speaking shortly after announcing third-quarter results, Panalpina said it expected capacity to be an issue while slot constraints at airports, a veiled reference to the issues at Schiphol, would also ...
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CargoLogicAir adds scheduled link ex-Europe to Dubai and Hong Kong
CargoLogicAir (CLA) has launched its second scheduled cargo service with a weekly route connecting London and Frankfurt with Dubai and Hong Kong.This latest new route for the British all-cargo airline follows the launch of CLA’s first scheduled operation in August, when it introduced twice-weekly B747-400 flights from London Stansted Airport ...
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Panalpina expects busy peak as airfreight continues to grow
Freight forwarder Panalpina saw airfreight volumes increase by 8% during the third quarter of the year as it prepares for a strong peak season.The Switzerland-based firm saw airfreight volumes increase to 249,000 tonnes during the July-September period compared with 228,000 tonnes for the same period last year.The overall market is ...
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Turbulent times for Europe’s leisure airlines
Europe’s low-cost leisure airlines have faced a tough year, with airberlin, Monarch and Alitalia all filling for bankruptcy.The latest development in the long-running Alitalia saga saw Germany’s Lufthansa Group and the UK’s EasyJet submit an offer for parts of the insolvent Italian airline.Although details were thin on the ground, Lufthansa ...
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European airlines and airports renew dispute
An event organised by Airlines for Europe (A4E) has seen the region's carriers and airports renew their bitter dispute over airport charges.At the event, chief executives of A4E member airlines presented the final results of a York Aviation study on the cost and profitability of European airports as carriers continue ...
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MAG calls for a freight focus in UK's aviation strategy
UK airport group MAG has called on the country's government to make freight a central part of its new aviation strategy.The airport group, which operates Manchester, Stansted and East Midlands, said that the aviation strategy should set out an ambitious plan for improving international connectivity from UK airports.It would like ...
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MAG urges UK-wide aviation strategy
As the UK Government prepares its aviation strategy for the next 30 years, Manchester Airports Group (MAG) is calling for “a strategy that is national in scope which seeks to maximise the economic and social benefits of aviation”This would include a focus on better connectivity with the country’s rail and ...
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Schiphol freighter sector dealt blow as 'local rule' for slots is rejected
Low-cost airlines have rejected proposals for a ‘local rule’ at Schiphol airport that would have given priority to freighter operators as the hub faces a shortage of slots.The airport is nearing its slot limit for the year of 500,000 and as a result is having to limit the number of ...
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NewsEuropean cargo monthly: Demand picks up as peak season approaches
European airlines saw cargo demand ramp up in September as the peak season started to get underway.The latest data from airlines based in the European region show that demand was up across the board in September compared with August.In fact, Lufthansa, IAG and Finnair all had their busiest September since ...
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K+N air growth ramps up but margins still under pressure
Double-digit percentage air cargo demand and revenue growth at freight forwarder Kuehne+Nagel (K+N) helped offset margin pressure in the third quarter of the year.The Switzerland-based forwarding giant continued its good run of form in 2017, with third-quarter airfreight demand increasing by 20.6% to 391,000 tonnes, while air revenues were up ...
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Singapore switches four freighter flights to Brussels from Amsterdam
Brussels Airport has confirmed that Singapore Airlines Cargo (SIA Cargo) will switch four freighter flights a week to the Belgian hub from its current base at Amsterdam Schiphol after the Netherlands gateway was forced to axe up to 35 freighter aircraft slots per week.The transfer, which takes place at the ...
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CIS airlines to outgrow overall cargo market
Cargo airlines based in the CIS region are growing much faster than their counterparts in other areas of the world.Speaking at the Caspian Air Cargo Summit, Boeing Commercial Airplanes regional director, airline market analysis marketing & business development Tom Crabtree said that airlines based in CIS countries had seen the ...
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China Southern and Air France-KLM intensify their cargo cooperation
China Southern Airlines Cargo (CZ Cargo) and Air France KLM Martinair Cargo (AFKLMP Cargo) are to intensify their strategic cooperation that could ultimately lead to an integrated commercial and operational cargo joint venture between Europe and China.The cargo arms of two major passenger carriers signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) ...