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Aug 15, 2006 (newstodate): Swedish airport Orebro is seeing a sustained and significant increase in its cargo volumes in 2006.
-During January-June we have seen volumes increasing by some 30 percent over last year, with the strongest growth in trucked cargo, says Hakan Nilsson, Oerebro Airport cargo manager.
-Flown cargo has stabilised as the demand for ad-hoc charter flights has obviously receded. Still we have had some 120 freighter charter operations at Orebro Airport during the first six months, mainly by AN-12 aircraft, but also including A300 and Boeing 747 flights, he says.
-Swedish exporters like Ericson have increasingly managed their exports via logistics building on regular services, and as for traffic into Russia AirBridge Cargo now provides much uplift from western Europe, reducing the need for more costly charter operations.
Orebro Airport is still waiting for the decision by the Swedish Army on the future location of its logistics center, and if Orebro is selected this will drive a major construction project for new cargo facilities.
But even if this does not materialise, Orebro Airport still expects to expand its current cargo terminal facilities to cope with the increasing cargo loads.
In 2005 Orebro Airport generated a total of 16,000 tonnes of cargo, expected to increase to some 24,000 tonnes in 2006.
-During January-June we have seen volumes increasing by some 30 percent over last year, with the strongest growth in trucked cargo, says Hakan Nilsson, Oerebro Airport cargo manager.
-Flown cargo has stabilised as the demand for ad-hoc charter flights has obviously receded. Still we have had some 120 freighter charter operations at Orebro Airport during the first six months, mainly by AN-12 aircraft, but also including A300 and Boeing 747 flights, he says.
-Swedish exporters like Ericson have increasingly managed their exports via logistics building on regular services, and as for traffic into Russia AirBridge Cargo now provides much uplift from western Europe, reducing the need for more costly charter operations.
Orebro Airport is still waiting for the decision by the Swedish Army on the future location of its logistics center, and if Orebro is selected this will drive a major construction project for new cargo facilities.
But even if this does not materialise, Orebro Airport still expects to expand its current cargo terminal facilities to cope with the increasing cargo loads.
In 2005 Orebro Airport generated a total of 16,000 tonnes of cargo, expected to increase to some 24,000 tonnes in 2006.