2012 Liège Airport (LGG) latest news

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2008 & 2009 topic : viewtopic.php?f=7&t=40923
2010 news topic : viewtopic.php?f=7&t=41132
2011 news topic: viewtopic.php?f=7&t=43833

Liège Airport is the world hub of TNT Airways, and the european hub of CAL Cargo Air Lines, El Al Cargo, Ethiopian Cargo and Avient Aviation.

Cargo 2011 : 674,469.82 tons (+5.47%)
Pax 2011 : 309,206 passengers
(See wikipedia for history)
1st cargo airport in Belgium, 7th in Europe.

Wikipedia:
EN : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Li%C3%A8ge_Airport
NL : http://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Li%C3%A8ge_Airport
FR : http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/A%C3%A9rop ... Li%C3%A8ge
DE : http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flughafen_L%C3%BCttich

Pictures of LGG on the forum of mst-aviation :
http://www.mst-aviation.nl/viewforum.php?f=73

TNT webcam :
http://www.tntliege.com/104_Li%C3%A8ge+Live+Cam.html

Future development of the airport 2010-2021 :
http://www.liegeairport.com/en/mass-plan-evolution

Liege / Bierset Airport Spotting Guide [LGG/EBLG] (credit to mst-aviaton.nl) :
http://www.mst-aviation.nl/lggguide.php

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2012 investment plan :
http://liegeairport.com/uploaded/files/ ... irport.pdf

2012 Swissport investment :
http://liegeairport.com/uploaded/files/ ... irport.pdf

Still waiting for the final numbers for the tonnage of 2011.
Estimation of 672.000 tonnes.
http://www.rtc.be/reportages/economie/1 ... ur-le-fret

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"02 januari 2012: De cargotonnage op de Belgische luchthavens is tussen 2003 en 2010 gegroeid met amper 1,6% en dat was dan nog uitsluitend te danken aan Liege Airport. Dat zegt een nieuw rapport van de Nationale Bank."

I'm trying to find the report of the National bank (hopefully in many languages) ... not that easy
Found this from 2 weeks ago : http://www.nbb.be/doc/ts/publications/wp/wp218En.pdf

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2011 has ended with a new record in cargo transport. In twelve months, a total of 674,469.82 tons came through Liege Airport, compared to 639,434.07 tons in 2010, which represents a growth of 5.47%.

The number of passengers increased by 3.4% with 309,206 passengers using the airport facilities compared to 299,043 passengers in 2010.

The number of aircraft movements also saw a significant growth of 12.14% with 54,403 movements in 2011 (compared to 48,515 movements in 2010).

http://www.liegeairport.com/uploaded/fi ... irport.pdf

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I have discovered recently Openstreetmap, which is not another map site.
It follows the same logic as wikipedia, anybody can edit the map and improve it, so just like wikipedia it's quickly becoming the most detailed map around.

Talking about that here, because i recently improved a lot the surroundings of LGG.
Other airports are covered too of course, a bit or a lot, depending if someone had put efforts on it.

Check it yourself (and improve the maps) on http://osm.org/go/0EqivjH9-

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Liege Airport, February 13, 2012- January 2012 official figures show a decrease for
cargo traffic at Liege Airport.
In January 2012, 48,341 tons of freight were transported through Liege Airport
compared to 53,653.5 tons in January 2011, which represents a 9.90 % decrease.
Total number of aircraft movements is unchanged for the same period. This shows
how the global economic crisis is affecting air cargo traffic.

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Check it yourself (and improve the maps) on http://osm.org/go/0EqivjH9-
Let me know if you get the virus too, and which part you improve

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That really invites me to click an unknown link Thanks for share tho
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'Bout the Cargo: SV last month 140% chargeable loadfactor, full full full, vollen bak, all of the flights..

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haha yeah indeed, now that i read myself again, it's very stupid

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They want to create a specific business pax terminal
http://trends.levif.be/economie/actuali ... 567042.htm

A bit crazy when you think how calm the current terminal is ...
But they say there is a real demand for it...

I really wonder who is flying there so often ...

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Today, the 4th Austrian registered 737-400F was added to the TNT Airways AOC, its 9th 737 in 18 months.

http://yfrog.com/oe1xaawj

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some Ethiopian news : http://www.heavyliftpfi.com/content/New ... px?id=4006

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Ethiopian was the best "transfer" for LGG. Of course all that is the result of poor relations between AMS and Ethiopian.
But Dutchmen are of course having a large part of the cake. Go and see at Cargo North, 95% of logistic is in hands of Dutch hauliers, distribution channels.
Even the "Frit kott" is run by MST catering . Frikandellen and sour milk for everybody

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Airmark Indonesia Aviation (AI, Jakarta Halim Perdanakusuma International (HLP)) has added a first ex-TNT Airways (3V, Liège Bierset (LGG)) B737-300(F) freighter (MSN 23535).

Source: CH-Aviation

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JAN stats : -9.9 %
FEB stats : -4,38 %
Future : not bright, TNT seems to suffer a lot (mainly because of fuel price they say)
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-04-0 ... iness.html

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"thinking out loud" mode on :
Since we have night bans in FRA and since CGN has only one track and a lot of UPS traffic, LGG may see an opportunity here ...

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by Acid-drop » 06 Apr 2012 10:19 am
"thinking out loud" mode on :
Since we have night bans in FRA and since CGN has only one track and a lot of UPS traffic, LGG may see an opportunity here ...

Ever heard of Hahn?

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[sean1982]

exactly my thoughts, HHN is allready the 4th largest cargo airport in Germany and is owned by FRAport.
Liège is not an option in my humble opinion

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Besides that, why do you keep saying CGN has only one track?

http://www.ourairports.com/airports/EDD ... -info.html

cheers

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José Happart, chairman of the board of Liège Airport, is forbidden to enter the airport premises by the ministry of transport, because he is named in too many cases of fraude.
I thought this was a late April Fools joke...
Just in Dutch:
http://www.hln.be/hln/nl/957/Belgie/art ... nnen.dhtml
And in French:
http://www.lalibre.be//actu/belgique/ar ... rport.html

For non-Belgians: don't bother, such a ridiculous situation can only happen in Belgium. Makes me think about Fawlty Towers...

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Incredible that this corrupt clown was appointed chairman to start with !