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Sep 28, 2009 (newstodate): As the only airfreight export market in the Nordic region, Norway has so far managed to keep its freight volumes almost unaffected by the global economic crisis.
-Norway is seeing a boom in its exports by air of fresh salmon to the international marketplace, and Norway's economy and financial exposure has been in a better shape than the other Scandinavian countries, says Kay Wichmann, Lufthansa Cargo director Nordic & Baltic countries.
-But while volumes have been soaring and are almost at last year's levels, rates have of course deteriorated as in other markets. So competition is strong. We have, however, seen our share of the market increasing during 2009.
-For Lufthansa Cargo, the most important cargo gateways for Norwegian export shipments are Frankfurt, Gothenburg and Munich, in that order. From Gothenburg we carry salmon exports to Japan, while salmon exports for the fast growing US market is routed through Frankfurt, Munich and Amsterdam.
-There are currently no freighter main-deck capacity from Norway to the US market, but we are aware of various projects, including the Sundt Atlanta freighter service. Lufthansa Cargo has been evaluating if there is a viable business case for a pure freighter to lift Norwegian Salmon out of Norway, and we have reached the decision that there is not a basis for a profitable solution.
-Due to the imbalance on a rotation like this the export shipments would not sustain a rate necessary to keep a freighter operation running.
-If a US-bound freighter operation was introduced, it would of course have an impact on us, but it would not make us change out minds concerning this issue, says Mr Wichmann.
-Norway is seeing a boom in its exports by air of fresh salmon to the international marketplace, and Norway's economy and financial exposure has been in a better shape than the other Scandinavian countries, says Kay Wichmann, Lufthansa Cargo director Nordic & Baltic countries.
-But while volumes have been soaring and are almost at last year's levels, rates have of course deteriorated as in other markets. So competition is strong. We have, however, seen our share of the market increasing during 2009.
-For Lufthansa Cargo, the most important cargo gateways for Norwegian export shipments are Frankfurt, Gothenburg and Munich, in that order. From Gothenburg we carry salmon exports to Japan, while salmon exports for the fast growing US market is routed through Frankfurt, Munich and Amsterdam.
-There are currently no freighter main-deck capacity from Norway to the US market, but we are aware of various projects, including the Sundt Atlanta freighter service. Lufthansa Cargo has been evaluating if there is a viable business case for a pure freighter to lift Norwegian Salmon out of Norway, and we have reached the decision that there is not a basis for a profitable solution.
-Due to the imbalance on a rotation like this the export shipments would not sustain a rate necessary to keep a freighter operation running.
-If a US-bound freighter operation was introduced, it would of course have an impact on us, but it would not make us change out minds concerning this issue, says Mr Wichmann.