RSA National opens the doors to DWC air cargo terminal
RSA National has opened the doors to its flagship air cargo terminal at Dubai World Central, supporting the UAE’s vision of becoming the world’s leading logistics hub. The joint venture between National Air Cargo and RSA Global has the vision to operate as a one-stop, boutique integrator offering multimodal supply chain solutions specialising in services […]
UAE remains regional gateway for air cargo
Dubai is not only the hub of UAE air cargo but the chief gateway for the whole GCC region, covering Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, writes Stuart Flitton. Dubai International (DXB) opened in 1960 and services grew at a fast pace with enormous increases in passenger numbers and freight traffic. In 2010 Dubai World […]
ROAMWORKS signs agreement with Dubai Airports for security solution
Dubai Airports is using the proprietary ROAM IoT (Internet of Things) platform along with electronic seals, to ensure integrity and visibility into cargo container and vehicle activity from the loading site to the off-loading site. The ROAM platform empowers all service partners, including Dubai Police, and Dubai Customs with real-time information on the trip status […]
Freight rise in September at Dubai International Airport
Dubai International Airport’s September freight volumes reached 217,120 tonnes compared to 205,142 tonnes recorded during the same month in 2016, an increase of 5.8 per cent. The operator Dubai Airports chief executive officer, Paul Griffiths says the gateway’s international growth throughout the first nine months of 2017 has been “very satisfying”.
August tonnage uplift of 10.1% at Dubai International
Dubai International Airport’s freight volumes surged to 221,508 tonnes in August, up 10.1 per cent compared to the 201,100 tonnes recorded in the corresponding month in 2016. The gateway’s operator Dubai Airports says year-to-date cargo reached 1,737,676 tonnes up three per cent on the 1,686,277 tonnes recorded the first eight months last year. Dubai Airports […]
Cargo up 3.2% in first half at Dubai World Central
Freight volumes at Dubai World Central (DWC) grew 3.2 per cent in the first half of 2016, handling 443,835 tonnes. DWC is ranked as the 20th busiest international cargo airport in the world and the volumes were up from 430,132 tonnes in the same period of 2016. Dubai’s second airport is home to 26 scheduled […]
Dubai posts 1.9% tonnage growth in April
Dubai International Airport (DXB) handled 217,881 tonnes of freight in April compared to 213,790 in the same month last year, an increase of 1.9 per cent. Year-to-date cargo after four months totalled 854,359, up 3.1 per cent compared to 828,934 tonnes handled during the corresponding period in 2016. Dubai Airports chief executive officer, Paul Griffiths says: “The […]
DWC sees volumes grow 6.5% in Q1
Dubai World Central’s (DWC) airfreight volumes increased 6.5 per cent during the first quarter of the year with 211,144 tonnes being handled compared to 198,295 during the same three months last year. After first opening for cargo in June 2010, the operator Dubai Airports says DWC is already ranked as the 20th busiest airport globally for international airfreight […]
Volumes up 3.4% in January at Dubai International Airport
Dubai International Airport began the new year in top gear as freight volumes registered gains during the first month of 2017 on 2016. In January, the gateway handled 208,271 tonnes – an increase of 3.4 per cent compared to 201,483 recorded in January 2016. Aircraft movements totalled 36,592 in January 2017, up 2.1 per cent compared to […]
Fourth quarter surge helps DWC cargo grow in 2016
Cargo volumes at Dubai World Central (DWC) have grown 0.8 per cent to 897,998 tonnes in 2016 with a surge in the fourth quarter. In the fourth quarter, cargo was up 10.3 per cent 252,300 tonnes up from 228,770 tonnes in the same period of 2015. Passenger numbers were up 84.5 per cent in 2016 […]
July dip of 1.2% at Dubai International Airport
Freight volumes into Dubai International Airport fell year-on-year (YOY) by 1.2 per cent in July reaching 203,153 tonnes, the hub’s operator Dubai Airport has reported. This figure was down on the 205,526 tonnes recorded during the corresponding month last year. During the first seven months of 2016, Dubai handled 1,485,177 tonnes of cargo, up 3.2 […]
DWC sees 6.9% cargo fall in Q1
Cargo volumes at Dubai World Central (DWC) contracted in the first three months of 2016, with the facility handling 198,295 tonnes of freight compared to 213,006 tonnes in the first quarter (Q1) of 2015, down 6.9 per cent. DWC is now home to 18 scheduled pure cargo operators that fly to as many as 57 […]
Dnata passes one million tonne mark at DWC
Dnata has handled one million tonnes of cargo at Dubai World Central (DWC) since 2011, helped by 90 per cent growth in volumes since 2011. Since its first full year of operations in 2011, cargo volumes have increased from 89,729 tonnes to 170,260 tonnes in 2015, far exceeding the original growth forecast of 20 per […]
Dubai sees 3.4% cargo increase
Dubai International Airport has seen cargo volumes increase by 3.4 per cent to 2.5 million tonnes despite pure cargo operators moving to Dubai World Central. In 2015, Dubai International welcomed new airlines including Air Canada to Toronto, Eurowings to Cologne, and China Southern to Wuhan. Emirates and flydubai also increased their network. Indian services were […]
