PH international air cargo up 20% in 2011

Feb. 22 | The Philippines’ international air cargo volume increased 20% in 2011, thanks mainly to the import sector’s strong showing. According to the Civil Aeronautics Board (CAB), throughput reached 282.497 million kilograms (kg) compared to the previous...

Hong Kong air cargo traffic down 17% in January

Feb. 20 | Cargo throughput at the Hong Kong International Airport declined 17.5 percent to 275,000 tonnes in January this year against January 2011 owing to sluggish seasonal demand during the Chinese New Year, a company statement on February 19 said. Exports dropped...

Aquino inaugurates Airbus A380 hangar

Feb. 14 | Philippine President Benigno Aquino III recently attended the inauguration of the new $30-million Airbus A380 maintenance hangar of Lufthansa Technik Philippines (LTP) at the MacroAsia Special Economic Zone in Villamor Air Base, Pasay City. When the facility...

P12B budget terminal in Clark pushed

Feb. 14 | Clark International Airport Corp (CIAC) will soon submit its proposal to build a P12-billion dedicated terminal for low-cost carriers to the Philippine Department of Transportation and Communications. Patterned after similar terminals in Singapore and...

PH air cargo down slightly in 2011

Feb. 11 | Slow economic activity clipped the Philippines’ domestic air cargo volume last year, according to the Civil Aeronautics Board. Volume shipped by the country’s five major airlines — Cebu Pacific (CEB), Philippine Airlines (PAL), AirPhil Express,...

P20B earmarked for 6 Philippine airports

Feb. 11 | THE Philippine government is spending P20 billion to modernize six airports before privatizing them. Transportation secretary Manuel Roxas II said bidding for Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) Terminals 1 and 3, Puerto Princesa in Palawan, Laguindingan...

Hactl celebrates B747-8F with customer IAG Cargo

Feb. 10 | Hong Kong Air Cargo Terminals Limited (Hactl) has joined customer IAG Cargo, through its brand British Airways World Cargo (BAWC), in celebrating the introduction of its brand new B747-8F freighters to its Hong Kong services. IAG Cargo and Hactl co-hosted...

Amsterdam Airport Schiphol shows modest cargo growth over 2010

Feb. 10 | Schiphol Cargo Senior VP Enno Osinga Amsterdam Airport Schiphol ended 2011 with a growth of 0.8% in cargo handled, compared to 2010. The total of all cargo processed through Schiphol was 1,523,806 – retaining its third place among Europe’s cargo airports,...

Cebu Pacific targets long-haul destinations

Feb. 10 | Budget airline Cebu Pacific (CEB) is planning to mount long-haul flights next year in areas with large Filipino communities such as Australia, the Middle East, and parts of Europe and the US. CEB president and chief executive Lance Gokongwei said the...

Lufthansa Cargo eyes Asia expansion

Feb. 6 | German airfreight carrier Lufthansa Cargo said it will expand its operations in Korea and China this year, as it anticipates Asia to eventually account for more than half of its business. Karl Ulrich Garnadt, chairman of Lufthansa Cargo, told The Korea...