european airports
Europe’s air cargo gateways are boosting their capacity and seeing more flights, even if the industry’s recovery there is by no means clear-cut. Some freight-moving airports have been quick to reap the benefits of the economic upturn
Business picks up
on the Continent W
hile air cargo traffic across the European continent is still down on the figures seen in the ‘boom’ years preceding the financial meltdown, there are many
airports in the region busily pressing ahead with expansion plans for the future, with new runways and improved cargo handling facilities being planned for the future As Germany’s busiest air freight gateway Frankfurt-
Main International airport is home to Lufthansa and its Lufthansa Cargo air freight wing. It is also served by all the major Chinese carriers, a fact that helped it process 2.23 million tonnes of cargo last year, an increase of 21.5 percent over 2009 and a new annual record for the airport. The gateway handled more than
540,000 tonnes of air freight from January to March 2011 – a 3.5 percent increase compared to the first quarter of 2010. Stefan Schulte, executive board
chairman at the airport’s operator Fraport, explained: “We withstood
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Schulte: “we are now fully on track”
the financial and economic crisis of the past few years, we have done our homework and – thanks to our capacity expansion projects – we are now fully on track.” He observed: “On the one hand, we are
celebrating the airport’s 75th anniversary. On the other hand, Fraport’s capacity expansion will mark a new chapter in the growth of the airport. Thus, the year 2011 will be a vital link between the past and the future,” he remarked. Turkish-owned cargo handler Celebi
Aviation is now operating in a new warehousing and handling facility in Frankfurt Main’s Cargo City South air freight area. Neighbouring Frankfurt-Hahn airport
handled 466,428 tonnes of flown and road feeder cargo in 2010. Air Cargo Germany, which has four B747-400 freighters based at the airport, Russia’s Aeroflot and Abu Dhabi-based Etihad Crystal Cargo have all contributed to the growth of the air freight
business at the gateway. Volumes at the airport could be boosted
still further if night flights are banned at the city’s bigger Frankfurt-Main gateway.
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