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prepare the airport for the use of larger, quieter B747-8F aircraft and improve cargo transit between the warehouses and the aircraft. In February, Brucargo handled 37,425 tonnes of air freight,


up 6.2 percent on February 2010. The strongest growth was in bellyhold traffic but integrator traffic also continued its recovery, according to the airport authority. Brussels airport initiated its Brucargo Secured Gateway


project in March. A total of 11 companies including forwarders and handlers participated in the project, along with the Flanders Institute for Logistics, which aims to both secure and optimise the airport’s cargo zone and the air cargo supply chain.


Elsewhere in Germany, Munich airport now handles a


weekly Polet Airlines IL-96-400T freighter link to Beijing via Moscow Sheremetyevo.


It follows the launch of a similar link


to Shanghai via Moscow last September. The airport also enjoyed record cargo growth in 2010 and handled a total of 275,000 tonnes. The airport’s plans for the future


include doubling the existing freight forwarders’ area from 15,000m2 over 30,000m2


to in 2012 and, longer


term, a third runway and satellite for Terminal 2. Düsseldorf now has regular


three-times-a-week A330-300 passenger flights to Beijing, operated by Air China. Cargo capacity of around 16 tonnes is available on each flight. Portuguese flag carrier TAP has also launched a five-times-a-week service to Lisbon. Cologne-Bonn airport expects to


REACHING CAPACITY IN ISTANBUL Elsewhere in Europe, there are strong hopes that the burgeoning commercial and industrial entrepôt of Istanbul and the growing fleet of flag-carrier Turkish Airlines will soon have access to a new air gateway. Rapid expansion in traffic has created an urgent need for


another airport in Istanbul to supplement the passenger and cargo capacity already offered by the city’s main Ataturk gateway and Sabiha Gökçen airport, which is located on the Asian side of the Bosphorus. Towards the end of last year, the Turkish prime minister


reveal its new master plan for cargo expansion within the next few weeks, said cargo managing director Franz Heuckeroth van Hessen. The existing transit shed at the airport is approaching


van Hessen highlights new cargo master plan for Cologne Bonn expansion


backed the project for the third gateway, saying that Ataturk and Sabiha Gökçen can no longer fulfil the city’s needs. The city’s mayor Kadir Topbas promised that the municipal authorities would co-operate with the Turkish transport ministry on the construction of another airport for Istanbul, at a site on the European side of the Bosphorus. According to a spokeswoman for Turkish ground and cargo


handling company Havas Holding: “Slots are tight at Ataturk, so we are handling many freighter flights at Sabiha Gökçen and trucking the cargo across to Ataturk. “Sabiha Gökçen is useful for point-to-point freight traffic,”


but a third airport is needed to handle the growing volumes. Pointing to the city’s ideal geographic position: “Istanbul


capacity. Current users include two major express hub operations for FedEx and UPS, EgyptAir – which recently moved to Cologne from Frankfurt-Hahn, Turkey’s MNG and Turkish Airlines, which recently increased its freighter operations.


BRUSSELS BUILDS In Belgium, Brussels airport has proposed a series of measures to put its freight activities on a stronger footing, in its development plans for the 2011- 16 period presented in mid March. They include plans for an additional cargo building at Brucargo West, following the example of the 30,000m² Brucargo West 1 building opened in 2009. Other alterations will


should be a transfer point for international cargo,” the Havas spokeswoman remarked.


AROUND VIENNA Vienna International airport in Austria handled 28,406 tonnes of air and trucked freight in March, up by 3.3 percent on the same month of 2010. Vienna’s January to March throughput of 71,668 tonnes was up by 1.8 percent year-on-year. The airport handles quite a few


freighters arriving from the Far East, many of them carrying cargo bound for the countries of Central and Eastern Europe (CEE), with which Vienna has excellent air and road trucking links. Peter Kleemann, press


spokesman at Vienna International airport, comments: “Modern infrastructure and a high level of service round off the reasons why


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