Cargo

[pug]

Could there be more developments on the Cargo front.

Veteran Cargo Chief Who Made Liege a Freight Giant Offers Boost to Teesside - Teesside International Airport

A veteran cargo expert who turned Liege into a magnet for global freight will be at the heart of boosting Teesside Airport’s facility. Steven Verhasselt spent 20 years turning Liege Airport from a small regional airport into a cargo juggernaut, handling two-thirds of all European Air Freight...

www.teessideinternational.com

Looks like a gimmick, might get the backs up of those DSA proponents who have been looking to MME as a beacon of hope for what can be done under public ownership. There’s skepticism over whether there is room for a freight airport so close to EMA, if it gained any traction at MME then there is no hope at all.

 

[Stagman]

FedEx started operations in June. Now we have three months of CAA data on the Cargo front.

June 65 Tonnes
July 83 Tonnes
August 62 Tonnes

Operations at Teesside have only been Outbound so far, with Inbound flights due to start in a couple of weeks time.

Looking at the same period last year for when the operation was based up Newcastle.
June 83 Tonnes
July 62 Tonnes
August 77 Tonnes

Newcastle was Inbound and Outbound operation.

So by deducing the figures it looks like the operations at Teesside are carrying more cargo than what they did at Newcastle.

 

[Stagman]

https://www.teessideinternational.c...andmark-air-freight-deal-with-global-carrier/

Five return A340-600 flights a week.

First flight for European Cargo en route from China should arrive about midnight tonight. It is expected to depart 1000hrs tomorrow Wednesday.


Arrivals from Ürümqi

Tuesday 2225
Wednesday 1845
Thursday 1845
Friday 1845
Sunday 2225

Departures to Ürümqi

Monday 1725
Wednesday 0600
Thursday 0600
Friday 0600
Saturday 0600

Times from the Teesside Airport Movements page
https://www.dtvmovements.co.uk/Info/Timetable.pdf

This is alongside the FedEx B737 flights that are already running.
Edinburgh - Teesside - Paris - Teesside - Edinburgh.

Times shown are arrival and departure times at Teesside.

Monday
Edinburgh 2055-2140 Paris CDG

Tuesday
Paris CDG 0425-0515 Edinburgh
Edinburgh 2055-2140 Paris CDG

Wednesday
Paris CDG 0425-0515 Edinburgh
Edinburgh 2055-2140 Paris CDG

Thursday
Paris CDG 0425-0515 Edinburgh
Edinburgh 2055-2140 Paris CDG

Friday
Paris CDG 0425-0515 Edinburgh

Only just yesterday the Tees Valley Mayor hinted that there could more freight flights still to come.