Cargo at Heathrow grows for the 22nd consecutive month
Cargo at Heathrow Airport has grown for the 22nd consecutive month, passing the 144,000 tonne mark in May. The airport handled 144,171 tonnes of cargo in May, a year-on-year increase of 0.5 per cent. In the first five months of 2018 cargo volumes have increased 3.1 per cent to 702,120 tonnes, and are up 7.9 […]
Emirates touches down at Stansted Airport
Emirates’ first flight to London’s Stansted Airport touched down on Friday 8 June, bringing the total number of flights between Dubai and the London airports to 10 a day. The Boeing 777-300ER touched down just before 14.00h, making Stansted the 7th airport in the UK from which Emirates operates, and the third in London after […]
Cabinet approves Heathrow runway, MPs to vote within weeks
A third runway at Heathrow Airport has been approved by the Cabinet, ready for a vote in parliament in the coming weeks. Speaking to members of parliament in the House of Commons, transport secretary Chris Grayling stressed the importance of expanding Heathrow, highlighting its significance to the national economy. Addressing MPs, Grayling said that the […]
Cargo at Heathrow grows for the 21st consecutive month
Cargo volumes at Heathrow Airport have grown for the 21st consecutive month with a 2.3 per cent year-on-year increase in April. In April, cargo volumes were up 2.3 per cent to 141,215 tonnes and on a year-to-date basis, cargo increased 3.8 per cent to 557,950 tonnes between January and April. The fastest growing cargo markets […]
Manston plans withdrawn ‘temporarily’, new ones due soon
The company behind the plan to reopen Manston Airport has withdrawn its Development Consent Order application that had been submitted with the Planning Inspectorate. RiverOak Strategic Partners submitted 63 documents totalling almost 11,000 pages of proposals and plans to reopen Manston Airport as a freight hub with complimentary passenger and general aviation services to the […]
Emirates to launch daily flights to Edinburgh
Emirates is continuing to expand its UK network with daily flights connecting Dubai with Edinburgh from 1 October. Flight EK023 will depart Dubai at 0955h and arrive in Edinburgh at 1450h, before the return flight, number EK024 will leave Edinburgh at 2015h and arrive back in Dubai at 0640h the next day, providing connections to […]
Multimodal 2018: What do shippers want? That is the question
The age-old questions of ‘what do shippers want?’ needs to be answered if meaningful Key Performance Indicators (KPI) are to be produced. The session entitled ‘Developing KPIs for air freight shippers’ at Multimodal 2018 was held in Birmingham on 2 May, focused on the work of Global Shippers Forum and Cargo iQ, an IATA interest […]
Heathrow first quarter profits rise along with cargo volumes
Heathrow Airport’s first quarter profits have grown to £187 million with passenger numbers and cargo volumes growing during the period. Cargo volumes were up 4.3 per cent between January and March to 416,734 tonnes and by 1.5 per cent in March to 150,565 tonnes, while passenger numbers increased 3.1 per cent to 17.7 million. Revenue […]
Gatwick Airport goes on a summer recruitment drive
Gatwick Airport is going on a recruitment drive with more than 1,200 vacancies available, including more than 400 jobs for ground handling agents. The ground handling agent jobs will be with companies providing check-in desk assistance for passengers as well as loading and unloading luggage and cargo onto aircraft for firms including DHL, Menzies, Airline […]
Cargo volumes at Heathrow grow for the 20th consecutive month
Cargo volumes at Heathrow Airport have grown for the 20th consecutive month, with volumes increasing 1.5 per cent in March. During March, 150,565 tonnes of air cargo passed through Heathrow Airport, with the strongest growth on routes to the USA and Japan. From January to March cargo volumes increased 4.3 per cent to 416,734 tonnes […]
Jota Aviation takes delivery of first BAE 146-300 Freighter
Jota Aviation has taken delivery of the first of four BAE 146-300 QT Freighter aircraft in a multi-million dollar deal to increase its market share. The aircraft, registered G-JOTE will enter service for the London Southend Airport-based company on 1 June 2018 with an additional three joining in late 2018, to be made available for […]
IAG Cargo conducts first self driving vehicle test at Heathrow Airport
IAG Cargo has undertaken the first airside trial of a self-driving vehicle at a UK airport to understand how they could be used in an airside environment. The CargoPod vehicle was designed by Oxbotica – an Oxford based company specialising in self-driving software, and it spent three and a half weeks running autonomously along a […]
Doncaster Sheffield aims to handle 70,000 tonnes of cargo a year
Doncaster Sheffield Airport is aiming to increase cargo operations to 70,000 tonnes per year by 2037 as it unveils its 20-year masterplan. The DSA Vision Plan sees the creation of an Aerotropolis in the Sheffield City region with the airport’s 1,600-acre site becoming a central hub. It says the airport city would help transform the […]
Heathrow gains Chinese links to Changsha, Xi’an and Qingdao
Heathrow Airport will gain new connections to China with direct services to Changsha and Xi’an, providing an additional 6,700 tonnes of cargo capacity for British exports. Hainan Airlines will fly to Changsha on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays using a Boeing 787-800 from 23 March, before being upgraded to a larger 787-900 on 1 September. Tianjin […]
Pharma and e-commerce help Virgin Cargo volumes hit five year high
Revenue at Virgin Atlantic Cargo increased nine per cent in 2017 and volumes have reached a five year high driven by strong demand in pharmaceutical and e-commerce shipments. The airline carried 230,500 tonnes of cargo in 2017, up six per cent thanks to particularly strong westbound business to the USA with daily Heathrow-Seattle services performing […]
Cargo at Heathrow flies high with 19th consecutive month of growth
Cargo volumes at Heathrow Airport have grown for the 19th consecutive month with a year-on-year increase of five per cent in February. The London airport handled 133,140 tonnes in February on the back of growth in North American and East Asian markets. In the first two months of 2018, Heathrow has handled 266,170 tonnes, up […]
Long haul flights help Gatwick continue to grow at double digit rates
Cargo at Gatwick Airport continues to grow at double digit rates, passing 100,000 tonnes on an annual basis, helped by an expanding long-haul network. On a moving annual total from March 2017 to February 2018, cargo has grown 27.7 per cent to 101,052 tonnes compared to 79,136 tonnes in the same period in the previous […]
British exporters being held back by lack of capacity on key routes
Exporters in the UK are being held back by the lack of capacity on key trading routes from Heathrow Airport, new data has revealed. The data shows that key routes to Shanghai, Delhi, Mumbai, Los Angeles, Tokyo Haneda and Dubai, which represent nearly 18 per cent of Heathrow’s total cargo volumes, are full and unable […]
Cargo at Gatwick continues to grow at double digit rates
Gatwick Airport is continuing its double digit cargo growth with volumes increasing 29.6 per cent, helped by an increasing long-haul network. In January, the airport handled 7,824 tonnes of cargo, a year-on-year increase of 29.6 per cent compared to the 6,035 tonnes it handled the previous January. On a moving annual total basis from February […]
Heathrow starts the new year with record breaking cargo volumes
Heathrow Airport has started 2018 with cargo volumes continuing to break records, with a 6.9 per cent increase in January. The London airport handled 133,030 tonnes of cargo in January, with the US top the list of destinations seeing growth, followed by Spain and China. Since February 2017, Heathrow Airport has handled 1.7 million tonnes […]
Tributes paid to Doncaster Sheffield head of cargo, Dayle Hauxwell
Tributes have been paid to Dayle Hauxwell, head of cargo for Doncaster Sheffield Airport, who died on Friday 26 January following a short illness. Hauxwell was diagnosed with Cancer in 2016 and “fought hard to beat it”, and was able to return to the business for 12 months before the illness returned. The LinkedIn post, […]
UK missing out on growth due to lack of Chinese connections
Direct flights from Heathrow Airport to China are worth £510 million per year but the UK is missing out due to a lack of connections, a report claims. As Prime Minister Theresa May flies off on a trade mission to China, the report from New Frontier Economics says direct flights contribute £510 million per year […]
Brunel experiences life in the fast lane with a Lamborghini
London Heathrow-based freighter forwarder Brunel Air Cargo has handled the repatriation of a Lamborghini Aventador for its royal Kuwaiti owner from London to Kuwait. The exotic car, with a £270,000 price tag when new, was handled by the forwarder’s dedicated vehicle transportation division, says Brunel Air Cargo Services commercial director, Mark Scanlon. He says: “We […]
Long-haul routes help Gatwick cargo volumes grow 24% in 2017
Gatwick Airport’s cargo volumes increased 24.4 per cent in 2017 helped by a rapidly expanding long-haul network. The airport located 30 miles south of central London handled 97,045 tonnes in 2017 compared to 77,995 tonnes in 2016, with volumes in December rising 33.6 per cent to 9,849 tonnes. It has welcomed new routes to destinations […]
Strong cargo growth in 2017 across MAG operated airports
Manchester Airports Group (MAG) has had a strong year with substantial cargo growth at all three of its hubs in 2017. Of its three airports, East Midlands Airport saw the strongest growth, rising 8.6 per cent to 353,017 tonnes, which was also the highest figure in the group. London Stansted had the second highest figure, […]
Heathrow ends 2017 as Europe’s fastest growing major cargo airport
Heathrow Airport has ended 2017 as the fastest growing major cargo airport in Europe with volumes almost reaching 1.7 million tonnes. The London airport handled 1,698,455 tonnes of cargo in 2017, up 10.2 per cent compared to 2016, which it says is the equivalent of 134,000 London buses. The key markets for growth were the […]
Bristol Freighter returns home after 40 years in New Zealand
A historic Bristol Freighter has returned home to the UK for restoration following 40 years in storage in New Zealand. The Type 170, known as the Freighter, was built by the Bristol Aerospace Company, was transported by sea from New Zealand to Bristol, before travelling by road on 4 January with the help of Kings […]
Heathrow flies cargo around the world in time for Christmas
Heathrow Airport is expecting to fly over 143 million kilos of cargo around the world for Christmas, with goods including lighting sets, frozen lobster and dried flowers. The London airport, which is the biggest port in the UK by value, has released data showing the spike in cargo and some of the interesting exports transported […]
Long-haul routes help double-digit cargo growth at Gatwick continue
Long-haul routes continue to push airfreight volumes up at Gatwick Airport, with year-on-year growth of 25.6 per cent in November. The airport located to the south of London handled 10,175 tonnes in November 2017 compared to 8,099 tonnes the previous year, having established long-haul routes to markets including Asia, with destinations including Hong Kong and […]
CCS-UK User Group works to resolve Heathrow truck queues
Recent truck congestion at London Heathrow’s Cargo Terminal underscores the pressing need for a universal advance information system that will alert handling agents to arriving vehicles, and speed up their processing, according to the CCS-UK User Group. This is the key message that will be delivered in a series of road shows being organised around the […]