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Aug 17, 2006 (newstodate): FaroeJet, in the air since May 15 between the Faroe Islands and Copenhagen Airport, is behind budgets in passenger sales, doing well in cargo - and still confident about its future.
-In passenger sales we are currently selling only about 40 percent of the seats. We came out too late to fetch a share of the pre-sales for the summer season, says Johan E Simonsen, FaroeJet director & CEO.
-Next we thought we could make it on our own. This was certainly a mistake, and now we have applied for membership of Amadeus, and we expect this to come into effect within two weeks from now.
-As for air cargo our expectations have been fully met, with a total of 39.8 tonnes in July, which corresponds to more than 25 percent of all cargo at Vagar Airport, all destinations counted.
-We have won the confidence of DHL, UPS and TNT that have signed contracts with FaroeJet, and while more than 90 percent of the shipments are still general cargo, we expect our premium products to gain in importance after the end of the current summer schedule, when the number of flights between the Faroe Islands and Denmark will be reduced.
-We also still expect to take in our second BAe 146 aircraft as planned. This aircraft will not. however, be used for our existing route but for charter operations in any market in the world, says Mr Simonsen.
Mr Simonsen flatly denies press rumours that the carrier should be in financial troubles.
-We did not expect a trouble-free start, and with a manifest and positive market response to our emphasis on cargo, and with a growth, albeit from a low base, in passenger sales we are indeed quite confident of the future of FaroeJet, says Mr Simonsen.
-In passenger sales we are currently selling only about 40 percent of the seats. We came out too late to fetch a share of the pre-sales for the summer season, says Johan E Simonsen, FaroeJet director & CEO.
-Next we thought we could make it on our own. This was certainly a mistake, and now we have applied for membership of Amadeus, and we expect this to come into effect within two weeks from now.
-As for air cargo our expectations have been fully met, with a total of 39.8 tonnes in July, which corresponds to more than 25 percent of all cargo at Vagar Airport, all destinations counted.
-We have won the confidence of DHL, UPS and TNT that have signed contracts with FaroeJet, and while more than 90 percent of the shipments are still general cargo, we expect our premium products to gain in importance after the end of the current summer schedule, when the number of flights between the Faroe Islands and Denmark will be reduced.
-We also still expect to take in our second BAe 146 aircraft as planned. This aircraft will not. however, be used for our existing route but for charter operations in any market in the world, says Mr Simonsen.
Mr Simonsen flatly denies press rumours that the carrier should be in financial troubles.
-We did not expect a trouble-free start, and with a manifest and positive market response to our emphasis on cargo, and with a growth, albeit from a low base, in passenger sales we are indeed quite confident of the future of FaroeJet, says Mr Simonsen.