To cope with the predicted growth of airfreight and to accommodate the requirements of Bond Operators, Freight Forwarders and H.M. Customs, a new modern 115,000 sq ft Freight Centre opened in January 1999.
Glasgow Prestwick Bond, a wholly owned subsidiary company of the airport, operates from a 40,000 sq ft purpose built facility opened in January 1999. It offers pallet build up/breakdown, warehousing and trucking services to the airline and forwarding industries.
GP Bond currently handles all flown cargo at the airport including the import/export freight carried on the scheduled 747F services, and all ad hoc charter movements.
GP Bond combines with PIK Ramp Handling Services to give a seamless "One Stop Shopping" solution to Freighter & Warehouse Handling and is therefore able to offer competitive handling costs.
On 1st August 2001 GP Bond made the switch to full electronic operations for airfreight movements. The Glasgow Prestwick Airport Community is now operating electronically through the BT cargo system CCS-UK which connects 16 of the UK’s largest cargo airports together in an electronics trading exchange.
Users of the system are also connected into CHIEF the national Customs system for clearing Import and Export freight.
For further details please contact:-
Nico Le Roux, Group Manager Freight DevelopmentTel: 00 44 1292 511095 E-mail: nleroux@infratilairports.com |
