A British Airways plane fell on its face at Heathrow Airport. One ground engineer was too short to reach the landing gear housing, and his colleague put a pin to hold up the landing gear in the wrong place. Oops.
Some Top 20 cargo airports still can’t get above water in terms of freight volume because there aren’t enough passenger planes flying.
Rickenbacker Airport, a low-hassle alternative to some big airports, set cargo records in June handling COVID supplies.
Global trade tensions and a weakening economy took a toll on air freight.
Tel Aviv is the carrier’s latest destination
Swissport will acquire the remaining 50 percent of Heathrow Cargo Handling Ltd. (HCH) it does not currently own from Air France, its joint venture partner. Swissport announced the acquisition on February 11.
London Heathrow airport is expanding to include a third runway, but it comes with a fair share of consequences for the community that resides around the airport and the overall economy.
The growth in cargo volumes at London’s Heathrow Airport has created severe congestion across the region, which has the airport facing a dire situation due to long queues, which is increasing waiting times and thus delaying an already slow-moving air freight operation.
