NEWS - AIRPORTS ANA to consolidate cargo operations at Narita airport All Nippon Airways plans to automated guided vehicles (AGVs) consolidate its cargo operations as well as automated racks to at Narita Airport next year as Narita move unit load devices across the International Airport Corporation warehouse. announced plans to construct a new cargo facility, which will be leased ANA is currently using six separate by the airline. warehouses at Narita, and with the completion of the new facility in Cargo Building 8, scheduled to October next year, the airline will begin service in October 2024, consolidate its cargo operations into will have a total area of around adjacent locations Cargo Building No. 61,000 square metres, with 7 and the newly constructed Cargo some 38,000 square metres of Building No. 8. It will also expand warehouse space. Automation will its animal and valuables storage be a key feature in the new facility, facilities to meet a wide range of which will be equipped with transportation demands.
Hong Kong International’s air cargo volumes continue rebound Cargo volumes at Hong Kong in cargo volumes in July, up 12.6 International Airport continued on its percent, with traffic to and from path to recovery in July as the airport North America, the Middle East and recorded a year-on-year increase Europe seeing significant growth of 3.8 percent over the same during the month. month last year at 361,000 tonnes. Month-on-month, this represented Considering the last 7 months, an uptick of 1.7 percent over June as cargo volumes at Hong Kong airport flight movements reached 24,030, slid 4.2 percent year on year to up 7.4 percent over the previous 2.4 million tonnes, as the airport month. handled 142,840 flight movements, almost double the flights (94 percent Records say exports contributed the growth) seen over the same 7-month most to the year-on-year increase period last year.
Swissport receives ISO certification at multiple airports across Spain Swissport Spain received its ISO more than 25,000 square metres of 45001:2018 certification from state-of-the-art warehousing space. an independent accreditation body on 14 July 2023 for nine airports Swissport’s air cargo center at Josep with 12 business lines across the Tarradellas Barcelona-El Prat Airport country. This accreditation certifies is certified by IATA’s CEIV Pharma, the company as fully compliant whilst the cargo facility at Madrid– with health and safety systems and Barajas Airport is expected to be regulations. certified within the near term. In September last year, Swissport Spain The ground and cargo handler has received the Ethical Management been operating in Spain since 2007. It certification, an affirmation of the now operates at 15 airports in Spain company’s pursuit of the well-being of and manages five air cargo centers employees, integrating sustainability, across the country with a total of inclusiveness, and profit.
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