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 and the 38th biggest in the world .
Liège is located in the centre of the golden triangle Paris - Amsterdam - Frankfurt that handles 66% of European freight, 75% when taken together with London.
The airport is located in the north-west of the city of Liège, in the east of Bel...
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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 and the 38th biggest in the world .
Liège is located in the centre of the golden triangle Paris - Amsterdam - Frankfurt that handles 66% of European freight, 75% when taken together with London.
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 serves more than 23 destinations for passengers (mainly charters).
Liège Airport is the world hub of TNT Airways, and the european hub of CAL Cargo Air Lines, El Al Cargo and Ethiopian Cargo (also using Southern Air aircraft) and Avient Aviation.
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 (2008) : 518,750 tonnes of freight.
Last year (2008) : 400,281 passengers
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