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Airlines fill passenger seats with cargo to meet demand

2020-03-25T14:47:11Z

Lufthansa, Austrian Airlines and LATAM have been loading up passenger seats with cargo as they try to keep their aircraft as full as possible.Earlier today, a Lufthansa Airbus A330 passenger aircraft loaded with around 30 tons of medical goods landed in Frankfurt today after an 11 hour flight from Shanghai ...

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Frankfurt airport secures supply chains as cargo demand soars

2020-03-25T11:36:37Z

Frankfurt airport is providing its full cargo infrastructure to meet the rise in freight flights to North America, south-east Asia and China, demand for which is expected to increase further.“Together with all players in the airfreight industry, we are doing our best to make up for a loss in capacities ...

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Foundation stone laid for Swissport cargo facility at Frankfurt

2019-11-27T15:00:05Z

German airport operator Fraport and Swissport Cargo Services have laid the foundation stone for the ground handler’s new airfreight facility at Frankfurt Airport.The new building at CargoCity South will expand Swissport’s handling capacity by almost 50% using a warehouse-concept material handling system that allows containers and pallets to be stored ...

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Frankfurt Airport reports fall in freight

2019-11-13T12:03:07Z

Freight at Frankfurt Airport fell by 8.0% in October compared with the same month in 2018, to 175,622 tonnes.Airport operator Fraport said that traffic for the year to date was also down, by 3.4%, to 1.74 million tonnes.The weak cargo performance contrasted with the passenger business, which was up 1% ...

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Korean Air extends partnership with LUG cargo handling

2019-09-05T10:41:29Z

Korean Air Cargo will continue working with LUG aircargo handling at Frankfurt International Airport for another three years to 2022.LUG aircargo handling has been partnered with Korean Air Cargo to handle freight for passenger and all-cargo aircraft, as well as road feeder services, for 22 years. The airline is LUG’s ...

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FCS hoping to re-introduce Frankfurt truck slot booking next year

2019-07-18T07:59:02Z

Cargo handler Frankfurt Cargo Services (FCS) is hoping to re-introduce a truck slot booking programme next year after it stopped using a system in 2018.In April last year, Frankfurt cargo handlers FCS and LUG announced that from May 15 2018 they would require drivers to obtain a slot for picking ...