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May 13, 2009 (newstodate): The Norwegian air cargo market seems less affected than the neighboring markets by the down-turn in the global aviation industry.
-Of course total volumes are down in Norway as well, but perhaps less dramatically than in other markets, says Petter Nilsen, DHL Global Forwarding Norway airfreight manager.
-Volumes are not dipping lower than some 20 percent during the first months of this year, exports are little changed while imports are down.
-Imports from Far East are declining, but on the other hand intra-European imports as well as imports from the US are increasing.
-Much of our air cargo relates to the oil drilling and off-shore projects where contract are signed on a long-term basis. Also our customer portfolio includes many companies in the IT, data and mobile communications sectors where demand remains stable.
-Apart from DHL Aviation, the Norwegian market is served only by Korean Air Cargo as to direct freighter service, but trucking times to continental airports are so convenient that this is not a problem for us, says Mr Nilsen.
-Of course total volumes are down in Norway as well, but perhaps less dramatically than in other markets, says Petter Nilsen, DHL Global Forwarding Norway airfreight manager.
-Volumes are not dipping lower than some 20 percent during the first months of this year, exports are little changed while imports are down.
-Imports from Far East are declining, but on the other hand intra-European imports as well as imports from the US are increasing.
-Much of our air cargo relates to the oil drilling and off-shore projects where contract are signed on a long-term basis. Also our customer portfolio includes many companies in the IT, data and mobile communications sectors where demand remains stable.
-Apart from DHL Aviation, the Norwegian market is served only by Korean Air Cargo as to direct freighter service, but trucking times to continental airports are so convenient that this is not a problem for us, says Mr Nilsen.