Following the announcement by Air Cargo Netherlands (ACN) on 23JAN25, that Maastricht Airport (MST) and Amsterdam Schiphol plan to deepen their ties, CargoForwarder Global (CFG) spoke with Dean Boljuncic (DB), about the challenges and opportunities resulting from the intent...
“United we stand, divided we fall.” According to credible sources, this was already exclaimed by the ancient Greek poet, Aesop, in the 6th century BC. In line with Aesop’s prophetic words, Walloon Airport Liège (LGG) has now founded a...
The Ostend Symposium provided a blueprint for regional airports to break out of their niche and significantly increase their share of air freight traffic. However, this requires several parameters that have similarities but can vary greatly depending on the...
This intention was announced by Joost Meijs, CEO of Maastricht Aachen Airport (MST) at a recent meeting with members of the local cargo community from Limburg Province in the Netherlands. Without mentioning it directly, this step could be a...
Berlin (BER) Airport and long-haul traffic? According to most aviation experts, this was a hopeless venture. Regional pan-European operations yes, but intercontinental flights? Most traffic prophets were skeptical when the airport opened its gates in OCT20.
They were wrong. The...
Whether raccoons, nutria, Chinese king crabs or American bullfrogs: what all these creatures have in common is that they have managed to spread across large parts of the globe, successfully adopting to the new habitats, there. This also applies...
Rhine-Main has successfully defended its position as the Number 1 Cargo Airport in Europe in 2024. Pierre Dominique Prümm, Executive Board Member Aviation and Infrastructure at Fraport AG, and Kristine Heinisch, Team Leader Cargo Development, drew this conclusion shortly...
Rhine-Main Airport’s management is planning far-reaching steps to continue playing first fiddle as an air freight location in Europe in 2030 and beyond. This is to be achieved through a bundle of interlinked measures. In a call with CargoForwarder...
Amsterdam management announced a successive increase in airport fees at Schiphol (AMS) by a staggering 41%. The intention to sharply raise LTO (landing and take-off) fees followsa rate hike of 40% over the last three years. The aim of...
Vienna International Airport hosted its second annual Cargo Day on 22OCT24, bringing around 160+ interested parties to its new conference and innovation center, to network, present, and discuss the challenges and opportunities shaping the air cargo industry. There was...
A further 7,500 m² terminal for air freight handling is to be built in Frankfurt Airport's CargoCity South. The contracting authority is operator Fraport AG. Its management invites interested users to submit their bids by latest 15NOV24.
The offer is...
According to IATA’s ONE Record database, 101 companies have meanwhile passed certification for IATA CEIV Lithium Battery. Assumedly, if the data is correct and complete, once Vienna Airport’s certification is entered as company 102, it will actually be the...
The German security authorities have arrested a Chinese woman who is alleged to have spied for the Beijing regime. She is accused of spying on data about military flight movements and passing on sensitive data about flights, the transportation...
Liège Airport has the potential to become the flower hub of the future. This was said by Willum van den Hoogen, Managing Director of the international flower market, Florius International FCZO, during a focus on commodities at the Liège...
Budapest Airport's Cargo Day, a must for industry representatives in Central and Eastern Europe, will take place this year on 08OCT24. The venue is the Balna Convention Center, located directly on the shores of the Danube River, near the...
The 9th Air Cargo Conference hosted by the Air Cargo Community Frankfurt at the House of Logistics and Mobility (HOLM), brought together over 300 industry leaders to discuss key trends shaping the air freight sector. The topics evolved around...
The airport in the Walloon region of Belgium has recently experienced an enormous upswing in air freight. What is less well-known, is that there are also truck shuttles linking China with Liège, alongside freight trains stopping at a nearby...
Flowers are the main commodity handled at Quito’s Mariscal Sucre International Airport. 92% of all exports consist of roses, carnations or chrysanthemums. The flower business has catapulted Ecuador to the top of the world's largest producers and traders in...
The new coalition government in The Hague has shredded the concept announced by the previous cabinet to reduce flight movements at Schiphol. Instead, it is proposing a package of measures to lower aircraft noise sustainably and permanently, thereby reducing...
… is Oliver Hellwig’s entrepreneurial credo. After he sold his shares in Cologne Bonn’s Cargo Center, he decided to invest in a large handling facility located at Frankfurt Hahn Airport, or TRIWO Hahn Airport as the airport has been...
Africa’s leading passenger and cargo carrier inked a contract with Arabian consultancy company, Dar Al-Handasah, to conceive a concept for the construction of a mega airport city 40 km off Addis Ababa Bole International Airport. The project, of which...
Frankfurt-Hahn Airport (HHN) will increasingly focus on e-commerce. All market forecasts predict that volumes will continue to rise sharply. So, the question is: should Hahn join the bandwagon or rather monitor the further market development before taking action? For...
The DHL Group has been using Leipzig/Halle Airport (LEJ) since 2008. Meanwhile, LEJ has become the integrator’s largest global hub. On average, 2,000 tons of freight are handled every night. That translates into 350,000 single shipments being handled and...
“He who journeys, has stories to tell” is a classic quote often heard. Jozsef Kossuth, Director Cargo, Budapest Airport, provides the latest proof that this sentence applies from beginning to end. He recently visited China, where the executives met...
Sustainability is one the few key staples on every air cargo conference agenda. While much is discussed in panels and presentations, a few companies out there can actually showcase well-thought-out sustainable activity. Changi Airport Group (CAG)’s Vice President of...
