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Jan 26, 2007 (newstodate): The Finnish airfreight market is "most interesting and important", according to Lufthansa Cargo.
In 2006, Finland contributed 23-24 percent of Lufthansa Cargos total volume of 40,000 tonnes of airfreight in the Nordic and Baltic markets.
-Finland is definitely the region's single most interesting market as to rates and yields. We do see some sound developments there, says Kay Wichmann, Lufthansa Cargo director Nordic & Baltic countries.
-Nokia is of course the single largest generator of export airfreight, but we are seeing the company continuously adjusting its production, increasingly outsourcing to other countries. But we should not let Nokia over-shadow the market, but instead identify the large number of smaller exporters that remains a resource to be tapped and customers to be served.
-Competition from Finnair Cargo and Aeroflot is of course strong in Finland, and while the market grew by some 1.5 percent in 2006, we admittedly lost traffic volumes, indicating that we are facing a challenge.
-While Finnair and Aeroflot fly directly out of Finland, we rely on trucking that requires some 36 hours to Frankfurt. It is a difficult situation. But while we do not now operate freighter services to Finland, we are indeed always looking at all options as they arise.
-We must also keep in mind that so far Finnair Cargo has not been a subscriber to CASS in its own home market. It has therefore always been difficult to get a comprehensive picture of the market. This will hopefully change from now, says Mr Wichmann.
In 2006, Finland contributed 23-24 percent of Lufthansa Cargos total volume of 40,000 tonnes of airfreight in the Nordic and Baltic markets.
-Finland is definitely the region's single most interesting market as to rates and yields. We do see some sound developments there, says Kay Wichmann, Lufthansa Cargo director Nordic & Baltic countries.
-Nokia is of course the single largest generator of export airfreight, but we are seeing the company continuously adjusting its production, increasingly outsourcing to other countries. But we should not let Nokia over-shadow the market, but instead identify the large number of smaller exporters that remains a resource to be tapped and customers to be served.
-Competition from Finnair Cargo and Aeroflot is of course strong in Finland, and while the market grew by some 1.5 percent in 2006, we admittedly lost traffic volumes, indicating that we are facing a challenge.
-While Finnair and Aeroflot fly directly out of Finland, we rely on trucking that requires some 36 hours to Frankfurt. It is a difficult situation. But while we do not now operate freighter services to Finland, we are indeed always looking at all options as they arise.
-We must also keep in mind that so far Finnair Cargo has not been a subscriber to CASS in its own home market. It has therefore always been difficult to get a comprehensive picture of the market. This will hopefully change from now, says Mr Wichmann.