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Jun 21, 2019 (newstodate): While Copenhagen Airport denies any urgent needs or plans to relieve pressure on truck drivers carrying air cargo to and from the airport's cargo terminals, another European airport is taking steps forward on the issue.
   Peak-time truck congestion at London Heathrow has been a hot topic for many years, and the airport owner recently floated the idea of a new system involving barriers and charging.
   But a more forward-looking option has come up, developed by CCS-UK User Group, a non-profit body representing users of the UK’s CCS-UK air cargo community data system.
   The Advance Information System is a bolt-on module for CCS-UK in full operational use for over a year among a cross-section of airfreight agents and hauliers, and a major cargo handler.  
   The system has dramatically reduced the time taken to process trucks delivering or collecting cargo.  
   The CCS-UK User Group believes AIS is an effective, no-cost solution for reducing truck queuing times at Heathrow, where agents’ vehicles can be tied up for up to 12 hours at peak times.
   Now, London Heathrow is not Copenhagen Airport. But apart from scope of operations, another difference is the agility towards acknowledging, and seeking solutions to, a problem.