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Posted on 3 Sep 15

After Coventry and Heathrow, Cargo rise at Doncaster Sheffield Airport is reported

Doncaster Sheffield is an international airport located at Finningley, in the Metropolitan Borough of Doncaster within South Yorkshire, England. In the beginning, the airport was controlled by the Peel Group. But now Doncaster Sheffield Airport has a licence of CAA Public Use Aerodrome that permits the carriers for the public carrying of passengers.

Doncaster Sheffield Airport at this time manages some of occasional cargo flights, such as the Airbus A300, McDonnell Douglas DC-10, McDonnell Douglas MD-11, Boeing 747-400 and Antonov 124.it is the history of the airport that it was the host of the Antonov 225 the leading aircraft of the world, in February 2010 and November 2014.

Doncaster Sheffield Airport has seen an increase in its cargo in the first half of the  year as compared to the same period in 2014. The Doncaster Sheffield Airport handled more cargo from the month of January to June 2015 than it did during the year of 2014.

In 2014 Doncaster Sheffield Airport moved more than 700 tons. During the last year, the airport showed an 112 per cent increase in its cargo volumes as compared to the 2013 in which it handled 354 tons. Cargo manager at Doncaster Sheffield Airport, Dayle Hauxwell, remarks that the business growth in recent months has been brilliant and is continuous sign that the Doncaster Sheffield airport cargo station is increasing its popularity and status in the world for cargo operations without any disturbance.

The cargo quantity of being moved has and continues to rise expressively and this can be a plus point for the Doncaster Sheffield Airport and the economy of the region. According to Anglo World Cargo operators, the Doncaster Sheffield airport has managed cargo during the period of six months in Nepal, Kenya, Venezuela, the US and within the EU states such as Greece and France.

The managing director of Anglo World Cargo, Gary Winterman say that many cargo companies and freighters have their believe on the Doncaster Sheffield Airport to hand out their cargo in the world. Cargo Terminal of the airport consists of 12,000 square feet of operating area and have a vast range of digital equipment and services that capable the airport to manage any carrier. The single runway of the airport is 2,893 meters and it can manage both the small and large cargo. Two Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 777 was welcomed at the airport, which reached with a cargo of 200 tonnes of tea.

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