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May 18, 2006 (newstodate): British Airways World Cargo is slowly regaining its foothold in the Finnish market since contracting its cargo GSA from September 1, 2005.
-Achieving a stable position and a respected name will definitely require more time as our current performance is still below targets in flown tonnage and revenue, says Jari Aaltonen, Airline Services GSA, BAWC's GSA in Finland.
-It was predicted that to win back customers' confidence in BA cargo products would definitely take some time after BA closed down its own cargo office in Helsinki five years ago. The long break almost made Finnish freight forwarders forget the existence of BA on the cargo side, he says.
Today the Finnish market is offered the alternatives of overnight trucking to Stockholm-Arlanda, catching the daily Boeing 767 Shorthaul Freighter, trucking of Finnish shipments directly to London, and uplift of smaller shipments and express cargo on British Airways' passenger flights between Helsinki and London Heathrow.
-Finnish agents have especially shown interest in BAWC's Caribbean destinations for commodities like ships spares, and in their North American, mainly U.S. destinations, says Mr Aaltonen.
BAWC generates 60 percent of its Nordic revenues in the Swedish market, Norway contributes 35 percent, while Denmark and Finland share the remaining five percent.
-Achieving a stable position and a respected name will definitely require more time as our current performance is still below targets in flown tonnage and revenue, says Jari Aaltonen, Airline Services GSA, BAWC's GSA in Finland.
-It was predicted that to win back customers' confidence in BA cargo products would definitely take some time after BA closed down its own cargo office in Helsinki five years ago. The long break almost made Finnish freight forwarders forget the existence of BA on the cargo side, he says.
Today the Finnish market is offered the alternatives of overnight trucking to Stockholm-Arlanda, catching the daily Boeing 767 Shorthaul Freighter, trucking of Finnish shipments directly to London, and uplift of smaller shipments and express cargo on British Airways' passenger flights between Helsinki and London Heathrow.
-Finnish agents have especially shown interest in BAWC's Caribbean destinations for commodities like ships spares, and in their North American, mainly U.S. destinations, says Mr Aaltonen.
BAWC generates 60 percent of its Nordic revenues in the Swedish market, Norway contributes 35 percent, while Denmark and Finland share the remaining five percent.