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Cargo interests work to block Amsterdam airport flight reductions

29 November 2022

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MIAMI — Air cargo interests and the operator of Amsterdam Schiphol Airport are pushing back against...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/cargo-interests-work-to-block-amsterdam-airport-flight-reductions

Amsterdam Schiphol airport copes with Ukraine war cargo downturn

31 May 2022

TEMPE, Ariz. — The Ukraine war has massively disrupted the European economy. Amsterdam Schiphol Airport is an example of how Western sanctions on Russia have had ripple effects on non-targeted businesses.

The closure of European airspace to Russian aircraft and the U.S. ban on flying U.S.-origin aircraft forced AirBridgeCargo, the scheduled cargo airline subsidiary of Moscow-based Volga-Dnepr Group, to cease operations.

AirBridgeCargo was Schiphol Airport’s second-largest cargo customers but its...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/amsterdam-schiphol-airport-copes-with-ukraine-war-cargo-downturn

What is a TaxiBot?

6 March 2022

A light blue KLM jet with front wheel attached to a tow vehicle.

Schiphol Airport in Amsterdamplans to purchase two TaxiBots to move aircraft from the gate to the runway instead of using their own jet power, according to operator Royal Schiphol Group. It’s part of the airport’s effort to reduce pollution and make operations more sustainable.

Airports in Delhi and Bangalore, India, have conducted trials with a special aircraft tow vehicle. And Lufthansa tested a TaxiBot seven years ago. But Schiphol is the first airport in the world that wants to introduce...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/what-is-a-taxibot

Hong Kong, Amsterdam airports lost cargo business in 2020

17 January 2021

A temperature-controlled container on a lift gets loaded in side of a light blue plane.

Full-year traffic figures from several airports last week reflect an upside down year dominated by the coronavirus pandemic in 2020. Passenger business slowed to a trickle with airlines closing most of their networks in the face of government lockdowns and other health measures, while cargo picked up the slack in some cases.

Hong Kong, the world’s largest cargo airport, experienced a 7% decline in cargo to 4.5 million tons, and served 87% fewer passengers. The airport handled 68,660 cargo...

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Dutch airfreight wholesaler gets wings

6 November 2020

Rinaldo Vels saw a niche in the airfreight industry by offering couriers, truckers, e-commerce services and startup freight forwarders access to airline cargo capacity as a wholesaler.

Wholesalers traditionally consolidate airfreight shipments for forwarders at lower rates than if they deal directly with the airlines and secure access to the most efficient overseas flights.

One of the biggest target customers for the newly formed, Amsterdam-based Wholesale by Vels are forwarders without their...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/dutch-airfreight-wholesaler-gets-wings

Schiphol airport organizes cargo community to expedite COVID vaccine distribution

25 September 2020

A label for pharmaceutical shipment showing a thermometer and the temperature range needed for the product. Cold chain logistics will be critical for delivery of coronavirus vaccines.

Amsterdam’s Schiphol airport was out front in recent years organizing the cargo community to become highly proficient in handling temperature-sensitive pharmaceutical products. Now the airfreight industry at Europe’s fourth-largest cargo airport is taking steps to make sure it can safely and efficiently transport COVID-19 vaccines once approved.

A task force led by local trade association Air Cargo Netherlands (ACN), Schiphol Cargo and Air France KLM Martinair Cargo, including shippers,...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/schiphol-airport-organizes-cargo-community-to-expedite-covid-vaccine-distribution

Freighter influx can’t offset cargo decline at Schiphol airport

21 July 2020

Schiphol Airport in Amsterdam witnessed a nearly 50% rise in freight flights for the first half of the year, but this traffic was not enough to counter the dramatic drop in cargo transported in the bellies of passenger planes grounded by coronavirus travel restrictions.

Despite a 12.4% increase in all-cargo volume to 463,679 tons, the Amsterdam airport said Monday that cargo throughput had fallen 14.5% because passenger traffic virtually disappeared in March when COVID-19 surged in Europe. The...

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