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Jun 30, 2009 (newstodate): Aeroflot-Cargo is fighting hard for air cargo shipments in the Swedish and Danish market - but the competition is challenging.
-The first half of 2009 has been a difficult time, with a strong decrease in volumes and an even stronger decline in rates, says Igor Kuzyakov, sales manager Sweden/Denmark at GSA Norway, GSA for Aeroflot-Cargo.
-In the Swedish market, a main focus market, our volumes of belly-hold cargo on Aeroflot aircraft have declined some 30-40 percent, y-o-y, while our cargo on the weekly Aeroflot-Cargo MD-11F freighter service out of Helsinki, Finland, has gone down about 30 percent.
-In Sweden we are also seeing one of the major airfreight exporters, Ericsson shifting some 70 percent of their shipments from air to sea, and this of course has a crucial effect on the total market.
-The Danish market is currently very insignificant in volumes, with only two or three monthly shipments. We will certainly seek ways to increase our position in the Danish market, and maybe we will boost our efforts from later this year. But with little cargo and ever-decreasing rates we are of course unable to invest much here in the short term.
-The competition in both markets is extremely strong as to cargo destined for the Far East, and even if we can offer a number of important Asian destinations served by Aeroflot passenger aircraft and Aeroflot-Cargo freighters we are rather focusing on Swedish and Danish shipments to Moscow where we have a better situation with good rates and service, says Mr Kuzyakov.
-The first half of 2009 has been a difficult time, with a strong decrease in volumes and an even stronger decline in rates, says Igor Kuzyakov, sales manager Sweden/Denmark at GSA Norway, GSA for Aeroflot-Cargo.
-In the Swedish market, a main focus market, our volumes of belly-hold cargo on Aeroflot aircraft have declined some 30-40 percent, y-o-y, while our cargo on the weekly Aeroflot-Cargo MD-11F freighter service out of Helsinki, Finland, has gone down about 30 percent.
-In Sweden we are also seeing one of the major airfreight exporters, Ericsson shifting some 70 percent of their shipments from air to sea, and this of course has a crucial effect on the total market.
-The Danish market is currently very insignificant in volumes, with only two or three monthly shipments. We will certainly seek ways to increase our position in the Danish market, and maybe we will boost our efforts from later this year. But with little cargo and ever-decreasing rates we are of course unable to invest much here in the short term.
-The competition in both markets is extremely strong as to cargo destined for the Far East, and even if we can offer a number of important Asian destinations served by Aeroflot passenger aircraft and Aeroflot-Cargo freighters we are rather focusing on Swedish and Danish shipments to Moscow where we have a better situation with good rates and service, says Mr Kuzyakov.