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Airport to invest ‘millions’ in 2012
Financial turmoil sweeping the eurozone couldn’t restrain Liege Airport’s 2011 cargo volumes, which increased 5.5 percent, year-over-year. Here the gateway outlines a range of investments it’ll make in 2012. By Ian Armitage
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he end of 2011 saw a new record for the transport of goods at Liege Airport. During the month of December 2011, 55,807.95 tons of goods passed through the airport. “Even the turmoil in eurozone hasn’t restrained us,” Liege Airport’s communications manager, Christian Delcourt, tells European Outlook. Liege Airport saw 54,403 aircraft movements in 2011, compared to 48,515 in 2010, he says. The airport’s general director Luc Partoune said these numbers speak to Liege’s focus on growth. 3
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“While international air transport of goods decreased by four percent, on average, in the six months that followed the financial crisis, our airport continues to develop, with five percent growth in traffic for the year,” Partoune said in a statement. “The operators on site are expanding their business activities. … This is undeniably a strong performance in a gloomy economic context.” December 2011 was particularly lucrative for Liege Airport. The airport handled 55,808 tonnes of freight, a 6.7-percent jump from December 2010. Delcourt hopes this number goes up even higher as 4
“December 2011 was particularly lucrative for Liege Airport. The airport handled 55,808 tonnes of freight, a 6.7-percent jump from December 2010”
Swissport increases its cargo presence at the airport. “Swissport is expanding its current warehouse from 3,900 square metres to 6,500 square metres,” he says. The ground-handling company will also rent a 6,200 square metre warehouse in the north zone of Liege Airport, which was recently constructed by the firm Liege Airport Business Park. Patrick Minsart, General Manager Swissport Belgium, said of the deal: “These investments show that Swissport has the intention to grow at and with Liege Airport. We are convinced that with can contribute to the successes of our client airline companies
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with our new working methods and the latest technology. Moreover, our increased capacity at the airport thanks to the new warehouse will relieve our current saturated warehouse and it will create new business opportunities for both parties”. The investment provides a strong signal for the future growth of the airport and for an ever better service. As an international business centre, Liege Airport is not only a major economic actor in its region, but also a shop window for its dynamism, capacities for innovation, values and traditions, says Delcourt. “Our slogan, ‘the wings of success’, illustrates a desire to spread 5
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“Liege Airport’s aim is to meet and anticipate their needs by offering an ever more comprehensive suite of services: development of building stock, creation of meeting places and rooms, VIP areas, restaurants etc.,” says Delcourt. “Development will also depend on synergies that we must find and effectively coordinate with other multimodality operators in the region, in order to make Liege a major centre of excellence in logistics. The port of Liege, 8
“Liege Airport will invest some 11 million euros in 2012”
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the third largest inland port in Europe, the TGV station, businesses operating in the logistics chain, the University of Liege and ‘grandes écoles’ (graduate schools), are all working with us towards the success of this ambitious project.” Liege Airport will invest some 11 million euros in 2012. “It is ambitious,” says Delcourt. “The investment will obviously see us construct the
“While international air transport of goods decreased by four percent, on average, in the six months that followed the financial crisis, our airport continues to develop, with five percent growth in traffic for the year”
new cargo handling facility in the north zone at a cost of five million euros, which I’ve mentioned; it will see the construction of a fourth storage tank for the fuel farm and improvements to the flow rate of the pipeline; and it will also see the construction of a new Border Inspection Post (BIP).
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“All these developments are designed to support business growth and to supply a quality of service adapted to the demands of cargo companies and logistics businesses working on the site.” Liege Airport is Belgium’s largest cargo airport and the seventh largest cargo airport in Europe. Unfortunately, it reported a 10 percent decrease in cargo traffic during January, not long after reporting a record year in 2011. In the first month of 2012, just over 48,000 tonnes of freight were transported through 12
“The airport site as a whole has become an economic village, open for business 24/7, and more than 75 businesses are already located there”
Liege Airport compared with the 53,600 tonnes recorded in January 2011: representing a decline of 9.9 percent. The airport remains upbeat and said the results demonstrate how the global economic crisis was affecting air cargo traffic in general. “In 2012, more than 11 million euros of investments have been planned to improve the range of cargo services available here and we believe commercial prospects are good,” Delcourt concludes. To learn more about the Airport and its range of cargo services visit www.liegeairport.com.
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