Liège Airport:
Liège Airport (IATA: LGG, ICAO: EBLG), also called Liège-Bierset, is an important cargo airport in Belgium. It was at the end of 2007 the 8th biggest cargo airport in Europe [1] and the 38th biggest in the world [2].
Liège is located in the centre of the golden triangle Paris - Amsterdam - Frankfurt that handle 66 % of the European freight, 75% with London added.
The airport is located in the north-west of the city of Liège, in the east of Belgium. It is mainly used for freight operation but also serve more than 23 destinations for passengers (mainly charters).
[edit] Cargo activity
Liège Airport is the world hub of TNT Airways, and the european hub of CAL Cargo Air Lines, El Al Cargo and Ethiopian Cargo (using Southern Air aircraft).
The airport is also used as a regular refuelling stop on New York City - Middle East routes by Kalitta Air (including the Newark - Baghdad route for US mail).
Last year (2007) : 489,870 tonnes of freight.
[edit] Passenger activity
Last year (2007) : 332,848 passengers
[edit] Airlines and destinations
[edit] Charter airlines and destinations
- AMC Aviation
- Corendon Airlines (Antalya)
- Freebird Airlines
- Futura International
- Iberworld
- Jetairfly (Alicante, Antalya, Bodrum, Djerba, Gran Canaria, Heraklion, Hurghada, Ibiza, Izmir, Kos, Málaga, Monastir, Palma de Mallorca, Rhodos, Tel Aviv, Tenerife-South)
- Nouvelair (Monastir)
- Pegasus Airlines
- Sky Airlines
- Thomas Cook Airlines (Belgium) (Agadir, Alicante, Antalya, Bodrum, Burgas, Corfu, Djerba, Gran Canaria, Heraklion, Hurghada, Ibiza, Izmir, Kos, Malaga, Marrakech, Monastir, Palermo, Palma de Mallorca, Rhodes, Tenerife-South)
- TNT Airways
- Tunisair
- Viking Airlines
- XL Airways France
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ Europe’s top 40 cargo airports in 2007: http://www.aircargoworld.com/Graphics/month/26ACWD0708EuroNortham.pdf
- ^ World’s top 50 cargo airports in 2007: http://www.aircargoworld.com/Graphics/month/22ACWD0708Top1.pdf
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