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Jan 21, 2009 (newstodate): Sweden's Orebro Airport managed to set new cargo volumes record in 2008 for the third year running.
The airport handled a total of 30,293 tonnes of cargo, up 19.6 percent on volumes in 2007.
Flown cargo volumes increased by 16 percent, and trucked cargo volumes were up 23 percent, y-o-y.
-While many other airports experienced negative growth in 2008, we beat the 2007-record in October already, says Kjell-Aake Westin, Orebro Airport manager till the end of February when he transfers to a similar post at Stockholm Bromma Airport.
-The reason behind Orebro's success may be the fact that we are less reliant on cargo shipments of consumer goods. Our major cargo segment is Swedish exports of industrial goods, primarily Ericsson telecom infrastructural shipments and other project cargo that builds on long-term contracts, rather than day-to-day business driven by fluctuating consumer demands.
-So our cargo uplift consists mainly of ad-hoc charter operations, and after TNT moved the Liege-freighter operation from Orebro, our only remaining scheduled freighter services is now a TNT flight coming in from Finland and continuing to varying European destinations.
-We have probably attracted cargo traffic from Stockholm Skavsta that used to be a main competitor to Orebro, but our growth in 2008 may primarily be due to larger volumes by new customers not only from the region, but from all over Sweden, says Mr Westin.
The airport handled a total of 30,293 tonnes of cargo, up 19.6 percent on volumes in 2007.
Flown cargo volumes increased by 16 percent, and trucked cargo volumes were up 23 percent, y-o-y.
-While many other airports experienced negative growth in 2008, we beat the 2007-record in October already, says Kjell-Aake Westin, Orebro Airport manager till the end of February when he transfers to a similar post at Stockholm Bromma Airport.
-The reason behind Orebro's success may be the fact that we are less reliant on cargo shipments of consumer goods. Our major cargo segment is Swedish exports of industrial goods, primarily Ericsson telecom infrastructural shipments and other project cargo that builds on long-term contracts, rather than day-to-day business driven by fluctuating consumer demands.
-So our cargo uplift consists mainly of ad-hoc charter operations, and after TNT moved the Liege-freighter operation from Orebro, our only remaining scheduled freighter services is now a TNT flight coming in from Finland and continuing to varying European destinations.
-We have probably attracted cargo traffic from Stockholm Skavsta that used to be a main competitor to Orebro, but our growth in 2008 may primarily be due to larger volumes by new customers not only from the region, but from all over Sweden, says Mr Westin.