Alibaba in Liège : deal done !
Following today's general assembly, Luc Partoune, CEO of Liege Airport, has been mandated to sign the contract officializing Alibaba's settlement at Liege Airport !
http://www.lalibre.be/economie/libre-en ... c91bb437d7
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L'echo mentions Fedex is asking for 110 hectares for expansion before 2040...
Vague hidden unwritten plans seldom win.
https://www.lecho.be/entreprises/servic ... 74548.html
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Congrats to Alibaba and LGG !
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Alibaba Group, and Liege Airport today signed a contract to lease a total area of 220,000 square meters to build a world-class smart logistics hub at Liege Airport. The initial investment will be 75 million euros, with the first phase of the facility planned to commence operations in early 2021.
https://www.stattimes.com/alibaba-inks- ... -logistics
https://www.stattimes.com/alibaba-inks- ... -logistics
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2021 !
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Our article with pictures of the ceremony:SR20 wrote: ↑05 Dec 2018, 14:07 Alibaba Group, and Liege Airport today signed a contract to lease a total area of 220,000 square meters to build a world-class smart logistics hub at Liege Airport. The initial investment will be 75 million euros, with the first phase of the facility planned to commence operations in early 2021.
https://www.aviation24.be/airports/lieg ... rce-giant/
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The latest information now mentions 5 to 6 widebodies per day.Acid-drop wrote: Lgg which will receive "only" 10 flights more per week.
That's very different obviously.
Hard to say which airline will benefit from this ... maybe Fedex who discovered alibaba isn't all negative after all
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Any idea when these flights begin?
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They have already started, CEO Liege Airport Luc Partoune told me at the signature ceremony. But of course, not yet the full programme.
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From:14 DEC 18 08:00 Till:14 DEC 18 12:00
Text:LIEGE TWR/APP CLSD DUE TO INDUSTRIAL ACTIONS. ALL ALLOCATED DEP SLOTS CNL. EMERG FREQ ARE WATCHED.
Text:LIEGE TWR/APP CLSD DUE TO INDUSTRIAL ACTIONS. ALL ALLOCATED DEP SLOTS CNL. EMERG FREQ ARE WATCHED.
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Article in financial newspaper De Tijd: "the Alibaba megadeal... not".
https://www.tijd.be/ondernemen/luchtvaa ... 79345.html
In brief:
The Walloon government and Liège Airport have given Alibaba grounds very close to the runway ("first line slots"). But Alibaba doesn't need such valuable ground because they don't need it for urgent handlings. FedEx however wants to expand at LGG, and they need those first line slots that now have geen given to Alibaba.
The investment will not be as big as announced. And the number of employment that has been promised, cannot be realized with the investment.
It's even not certain that the biggest investment by Alibaba = the logistics centre will be build at LGG. Other regions are more favourable, like the Maastricht industrial region. If so, Alibaba will only use LGG as transit airport.
Maybe FedEx will now move some activities to Paris because they can't optimalize their ops at LGG.
https://www.tijd.be/ondernemen/luchtvaa ... 79345.html
In brief:
The Walloon government and Liège Airport have given Alibaba grounds very close to the runway ("first line slots"). But Alibaba doesn't need such valuable ground because they don't need it for urgent handlings. FedEx however wants to expand at LGG, and they need those first line slots that now have geen given to Alibaba.
The investment will not be as big as announced. And the number of employment that has been promised, cannot be realized with the investment.
It's even not certain that the biggest investment by Alibaba = the logistics centre will be build at LGG. Other regions are more favourable, like the Maastricht industrial region. If so, Alibaba will only use LGG as transit airport.
Maybe FedEx will now move some activities to Paris because they can't optimalize their ops at LGG.
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Same story in french here
https://www.lecho.be/economie-politique ... 79363.html
Lets hope the journalist did this to open everyone's eyes.
If nothing is started, nothing is lost.
But its now time politics plan on long term instead of enjoying the short term victory.
https://www.lecho.be/economie-politique ... 79363.html
Lets hope the journalist did this to open everyone's eyes.
If nothing is started, nothing is lost.
But its now time politics plan on long term instead of enjoying the short term victory.
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That's a noble wish, my dear... but have they ever been known to do that in the past? Even when there were no elections coming up? Perhaps the Yalta conference was the last time... close on 74 years ago. So, yes I quite agree, it is time, and high time, on this subject as on many. But I am not holding my breath.it is now time politics plan on long term
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2 politicians inside Liege Airport CA seem no to get along anymore ! José Happart (PS) et Jean-Pierre Grafé (CDH)
https://www.lameuse.be/322044/article/2 ... quer-grafe
https://www.lameuse.be/322044/article/2 ... quer-grafe
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I would get rid of both of them. And the first one certainly does not have the competence and the intellectual capacity to be Chairman of the Board.SR20 wrote: ↑17 Dec 2018, 13:48 2 politicians inside Liege Airport CA seem no to get along anymore ! José Happart (PS) et Jean-Pierre Grafé (CDH)
https://www.lameuse.be/322044/article/2 ... quer-grafe
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I totally agree.sn26567 wrote: ↑17 Dec 2018, 16:40I would get rid of both of them. And the first one certainly does not have the competence and the intellectual capacity to be Chairman of the Board.SR20 wrote: ↑17 Dec 2018, 13:48 2 politicians inside Liege Airport CA seem no to get along anymore ! José Happart (PS) et Jean-Pierre Grafé (CDH)
https://www.lameuse.be/322044/article/2 ... quer-grafe
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Volga-Dnepr Group’s cross-border cooperation with Cainiao reveals long-term ambitions at Liège
https://cargofacts.com/volga-dnepr-grou ... -at-liege/
https://cargofacts.com/volga-dnepr-grou ... -at-liege/
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And suddenly the 1st line warehouse of cainiao could be the same as the one needed by abc, and 1st line is needed indeed.
L'echo/detijd can now do another article.
L'echo/detijd can now do another article.
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