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FEB 25, 2005 (newstodate): Swedish Kallax Airport is still actively seeking traffic and the project for the airport as a technical and fuelling stop for trans-Siberian flights is sustained.
-We must admit that the road towards the target has been both longer and more curved, but these are facts of life, says Robert Arendal, Kallax Airport Project Chairman of the Board.
-We have just rounded off a reconstruction of the ownership issues and confirmed out dedication to seeing this project materialising. Unfortunately one major obstacle remains outside our control, which is the issues of access and terms of usage of the newly opened Arctica routes through Siberian airspace.
-These issues have been negotiated between EU and Russian authorities but still lacks implementation, and so far only few airlines have used the Arctica 1 route on a a very limited scale, says Robert Arendal.
The business idea of Kallax Airport builds on commercial airlines' use of the short-cut via Arctica 1 and other routes via Sibirian airspace to cut total flying times significantly on flights between Northern Asia and Europe.
In this context, a fuelling stop at Kallax would enable cargo carriers to operate flights without weight penalties between major international hubs.
The project has been targetting the Norwegian salmon exports to Japan, and besides a series of Atlas Air flights between Kallax and the Middle East has been performed since the start of this year.
-We must admit that the road towards the target has been both longer and more curved, but these are facts of life, says Robert Arendal, Kallax Airport Project Chairman of the Board.
-We have just rounded off a reconstruction of the ownership issues and confirmed out dedication to seeing this project materialising. Unfortunately one major obstacle remains outside our control, which is the issues of access and terms of usage of the newly opened Arctica routes through Siberian airspace.
-These issues have been negotiated between EU and Russian authorities but still lacks implementation, and so far only few airlines have used the Arctica 1 route on a a very limited scale, says Robert Arendal.
The business idea of Kallax Airport builds on commercial airlines' use of the short-cut via Arctica 1 and other routes via Sibirian airspace to cut total flying times significantly on flights between Northern Asia and Europe.
In this context, a fuelling stop at Kallax would enable cargo carriers to operate flights without weight penalties between major international hubs.
The project has been targetting the Norwegian salmon exports to Japan, and besides a series of Atlas Air flights between Kallax and the Middle East has been performed since the start of this year.