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FEB 25, 2003 (newstodate): Swedish airport, Orebro is one of a handfull of EU-airports with a door open to continued traffic by noise-banned IL-76 aircraft.
Since the enforcement last spring of EU's noise ban on IL-76 and similar aircraft, purely commercial operations have been prohibited.
Swedish airport Orebro remains among the few that have been keen to seek exemptions for these flights, resulting in a sustained commercial traffic.
-So far this year we have had seven IL-76 flights at Orebro, four of which were purely commercial, says Orebro Airport cago manager, Haakan Nilsson.
Nilsson says, the airport had about 17 IL-76 flights in 2002 and sees no major problems in obtaining exemptions based on arguments like special cargo requirements due to off-size shipments or conditions at airports at the landing end of the flight.
According to current EU practice, IL-76 may be used for relief and emergency flights at EU airports but they are required to fly in empty.
Industry sources say this is a major threat to the economy of relief operations as all charter costs must then be borne by the relief operation alone.
Since the enforcement last spring of EU's noise ban on IL-76 and similar aircraft, purely commercial operations have been prohibited.
Swedish airport Orebro remains among the few that have been keen to seek exemptions for these flights, resulting in a sustained commercial traffic.
-So far this year we have had seven IL-76 flights at Orebro, four of which were purely commercial, says Orebro Airport cago manager, Haakan Nilsson.
Nilsson says, the airport had about 17 IL-76 flights in 2002 and sees no major problems in obtaining exemptions based on arguments like special cargo requirements due to off-size shipments or conditions at airports at the landing end of the flight.
According to current EU practice, IL-76 may be used for relief and emergency flights at EU airports but they are required to fly in empty.
Industry sources say this is a major threat to the economy of relief operations as all charter costs must then be borne by the relief operation alone.