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Pushed from Schiphol, Slovakian Air Cargo Global returns to Brussels
来源：shippingazette.com 编辑：编辑部 发布：2017/11/29 10:25:56
SLOVAKIA's ACG Air Cargo Global has returned to Brussels National Airport after six-month absence because of the risk of noise fines, reports the Belgian newspaper De Tijd.
The Bratislava-based cargo airline stopped all activities at Brussels in mid-May after the Brussels Capital Region introduced stringent noise limits during the night.
As a result, ACG relocated two B747-400(F)s from the Belgian capital to Amsterdam. However, it has now been forced to move back after the Dutch slot coordinator cut 37 out of 150 weekly cargo flight slots there due to capacity restrictions.
Amsterdam Schiphol airport is by law limited to 500,000 movements a year while it already reached 479,000 in 2016.
According to De Tijd's sources, the airport authorities fear that ACG might leave Brussels again at any time since the noise limits have not been relaxed.
Singapore Airlines Cargo and Emirates have also relocated some flights from Amsterdam to Brussels in recent weeks. Yangtze River Airlines, another airline, which left the Belgian capital earlier this year, is also considering a return according to the Belgian newspaper's report.
For the time being the Chinese operator moved some of its flights from Amsterdam to Frankfurt Hahn.
In February the local authority in the Brussels Capital Region imposed more stringent limits between 11pm and 7am. Cargo airlines, often operating during the night hours, have been hard hit.
Even though the government has suspended enforcement of fines for 18 months to two years, airlines have been struggling with legal uncertainty since at any moment the authorities might start demanding payments.
Moreover, fines that are already imposed, must be treated in financial reports as liabilities even if payments have not been collected.
The new limits have been criticised both by the Brussels Airport, a privately-owned company, and the regional government of Flanders, a federal region of Belgium in which the airport is located.
The Bratislava-based cargo airline stopped all activities at Brussels in mid-May after the Brussels Capital Region introduced stringent noise limits during the night.
As a result, ACG relocated two B747-400(F)s from the Belgian capital to Amsterdam. However, it has now been forced to move back after the Dutch slot coordinator cut 37 out of 150 weekly cargo flight slots there due to capacity restrictions.
Amsterdam Schiphol airport is by law limited to 500,000 movements a year while it already reached 479,000 in 2016.
According to De Tijd's sources, the airport authorities fear that ACG might leave Brussels again at any time since the noise limits have not been relaxed.
Singapore Airlines Cargo and Emirates have also relocated some flights from Amsterdam to Brussels in recent weeks. Yangtze River Airlines, another airline, which left the Belgian capital earlier this year, is also considering a return according to the Belgian newspaper's report.
For the time being the Chinese operator moved some of its flights from Amsterdam to Frankfurt Hahn.
In February the local authority in the Brussels Capital Region imposed more stringent limits between 11pm and 7am. Cargo airlines, often operating during the night hours, have been hard hit.
Even though the government has suspended enforcement of fines for 18 months to two years, airlines have been struggling with legal uncertainty since at any moment the authorities might start demanding payments.
Moreover, fines that are already imposed, must be treated in financial reports as liabilities even if payments have not been collected.
The new limits have been criticised both by the Brussels Airport, a privately-owned company, and the regional government of Flanders, a federal region of Belgium in which the airport is located.