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Small Euro airports pitch less congestion than big rivals
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EUROPE's smaller airports hope to capitalise on congestion suffered by larger rivals to win cargo from shippers looking to avoid delays, reports London's Air Cargo News.
Speaking at the Air Cargo China event in Shanghai, Budapest Airport cargo chief Rene Droese said that shippers were taking an increasingly active role in their supply chains.
With some of the continent's main air cargo hubs experiencing congestion and delays, were asking their freight forwarder partners to consider alternatives.
"We are talking to the shippers and we are asking their preference," said Mr Droese.
"In the past, they went through the procurement process every couple of years and then left it to the forwarder. Today, they care.
"They would like to ensure timely delivery and the feedback we get from the shippers about the congested airports, and you can't blame them because it is simply a case of increasing cargo volumes.
"But the secondary airports, can provide an efficient service with capacity available, space available," said Mr Droese.
"In Budapest, we have more freighters coming directly and bringing volumes directly from China especially. We have massive e-commerce volumes, integrators are increasing double-digit every year.
"The feedback from shippers, again, is that they would like to use uncongested airports," he said.
Last year, the airport saw volumes increase by 13.4 per cent year on year to 127,100 tons and over the first four months of this year demand has increased by 13.9 per cent compared with the same period last year.
Said Dusseldorf Airport cargo chief Gerton Hulsmann: "Forwarders pay an important role when it comes to booking freighter capacity to certain destinations.
"What puzzles me always is that a lot of forwarders look to promote their environmental record but they truck thousands of miles throughout Europe when using central hubs instead of regional airports," Mr Hulsmann said.
Dusseldorf handled 122,000 tons of cargo last year and while its current freight capacity is 130,000 tons, in the near future this will be expanded up to 200,000 tons through a restructuring.
Hamburg Airport cargo chief Alexander Mueller said his airport had plenty of spare capacity, having opened a new cargo centre in 2014 with an annual capacity of 150,000 tons while last year's flown truck volumes were half that, but rising 14.3 per cent year on year.
Speaking at the Air Cargo China event in Shanghai, Budapest Airport cargo chief Rene Droese said that shippers were taking an increasingly active role in their supply chains.
With some of the continent's main air cargo hubs experiencing congestion and delays, were asking their freight forwarder partners to consider alternatives.
"We are talking to the shippers and we are asking their preference," said Mr Droese.
"In the past, they went through the procurement process every couple of years and then left it to the forwarder. Today, they care.
"They would like to ensure timely delivery and the feedback we get from the shippers about the congested airports, and you can't blame them because it is simply a case of increasing cargo volumes.
"But the secondary airports, can provide an efficient service with capacity available, space available," said Mr Droese.
"In Budapest, we have more freighters coming directly and bringing volumes directly from China especially. We have massive e-commerce volumes, integrators are increasing double-digit every year.
"The feedback from shippers, again, is that they would like to use uncongested airports," he said.
Last year, the airport saw volumes increase by 13.4 per cent year on year to 127,100 tons and over the first four months of this year demand has increased by 13.9 per cent compared with the same period last year.
Said Dusseldorf Airport cargo chief Gerton Hulsmann: "Forwarders pay an important role when it comes to booking freighter capacity to certain destinations.
"What puzzles me always is that a lot of forwarders look to promote their environmental record but they truck thousands of miles throughout Europe when using central hubs instead of regional airports," Mr Hulsmann said.
Dusseldorf handled 122,000 tons of cargo last year and while its current freight capacity is 130,000 tons, in the near future this will be expanded up to 200,000 tons through a restructuring.
Hamburg Airport cargo chief Alexander Mueller said his airport had plenty of spare capacity, having opened a new cargo centre in 2014 with an annual capacity of 150,000 tons while last year's flown truck volumes were half that, but rising 14.3 per cent year on year.