Officials at Singapore Changi Airport saw 152,900 tonnes of freight come through the airport last month, a 2.8-percent, year-over-year, drop in activity. The result confirmed Changi’s 2012 downward trend, which has resulted in a 1.3-percent decrease in cargo during the first five months of the year. The first two months of the year had been tough for Changi, resulting in 7.1-percent and 12.4-percent traffic decreases in January and February, respectively. March’s year-over-year numbers came in at negative 1.8-percent; May’s results are a slight rebound over April’s 2.8-percent, year-over-year, decline.Air Charter International has witnessed a boom in charter requests out of Africa, with business in this region growing 25 percent, year-over-year, in 2012. Business is also up from a global perspective: ACI has seen a 20-percent increase in charters involving unusual or complicated loads this year.LUG aircargo handling has inked a deal with Rossiya Russian Airlines to perform freight-handling services at Frankfurt/Main airport, effective July 1. Rossiya, which operates six weekly passenger flights between St. Petersburg, Russia, and Frankfurt/Main, is expected to carry approximately 1,000 tonnes of cargo a year.Worldwide Flight Services and Aviapartner have merged together, a step that will expand both companies’ cargo-handling capabilities. The merger will also leverage the companies’ complementary business operations, particularly in Spain, the UK, Germany and Italy.
Officials at Singapore Changi Airport saw 152,900 tonnes of freight come through the airport last month, a 2.8-percent, year-over-year, drop in activity. The result confirmed Changi’s 2012 downward trend, which has resulted in a 1.3-percent decrease in cargo during the first five months of the year. The first two months of the year had been tough for Changi, resulting in 7.1-percent and 12.4-percent traffic decreases in January and February, respectively. March’s year-over-year numbers came in at negative 1.8-percent; May’s results are a slight rebound over April’s 2.8-percent, year-over-year, decline.Air Charter International has witnessed a boom in charter requests out of Africa, with business in this region growing 25 percent, year-over-year, in 2012. Business is also up from a global perspective: ACI has seen a 20-percent increase in charters involving unusual or complicated loads this year.LUG aircargo handling has inked a deal with Rossiya Russian Airlines to perform freight-handling services at Frankfurt/Main airport, effective July 1. Rossiya, which operates six weekly passenger flights between St. Petersburg, Russia, and Frankfurt/Main, is expected to carry approximately 1,000 tonnes of cargo a year.Worldwide Flight Services and Aviapartner have merged together, a step that will expand both companies’ cargo-handling capabilities. The merger will also leverage the companies’ complementary business operations, particularly in Spain, the UK, Germany and Italy.