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Nov 20, 2009 (newstodate): The return by SAS to Vilnius, Lithuania, from January 11, 2010, will open up new potentials for the carrier's cargo business as well.
-Capacity on the CRJ900 aircraft is limited, of course, but with two daily flights between Copenhagen and Vilnius we will add new opportunies to our sales efforts, says Daiwa Palm, SAS Cargo sales manager Baltic, Russia, and CIS markets.
-Depending on passenger loads and luggage, the aircraft's belly will still take up to 200 kg of cargo, and that will especially enable us to market express and special cargo shipments. And with the early morning flight out of Vilnius, shipments will easily connect for transfer to SAS' European and intercontinental network.
-Even if volumes are small, we are talking about hi-yield traffic that will definitely add to our sales prospects. Given a growing demand in the Lithuanian market for passenger transportation, we might also see a migration to larger aircraft in the future and that is a very exciting prospect, says Ms Palm.
SAS was the first international airline company which started regular flights from Vilnius Airport in 1992, but retreated from the Baltic markets after failing to win a dominating ownership position in all three Baltic airlines.
-Capacity on the CRJ900 aircraft is limited, of course, but with two daily flights between Copenhagen and Vilnius we will add new opportunies to our sales efforts, says Daiwa Palm, SAS Cargo sales manager Baltic, Russia, and CIS markets.
-Depending on passenger loads and luggage, the aircraft's belly will still take up to 200 kg of cargo, and that will especially enable us to market express and special cargo shipments. And with the early morning flight out of Vilnius, shipments will easily connect for transfer to SAS' European and intercontinental network.
-Even if volumes are small, we are talking about hi-yield traffic that will definitely add to our sales prospects. Given a growing demand in the Lithuanian market for passenger transportation, we might also see a migration to larger aircraft in the future and that is a very exciting prospect, says Ms Palm.
SAS was the first international airline company which started regular flights from Vilnius Airport in 1992, but retreated from the Baltic markets after failing to win a dominating ownership position in all three Baltic airlines.