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Oct 07, 2010 (newstodate): SAS Cargo's handling arm, Spirit Air Cargo is seeing the Swedish air cargo market back on track with sound growth in 2010.
-With this year's performance we are back after a depressing year 2009, and we will probably end up on 2008-levels, says Bjorn Kardell, Spirit Sweden managing director.
-Sweden's manufacturing business and economy have picked up again. We are seeing brisk growth in both imports and exports, and the positive development comprises exports to the Far East as well as to North America.
-Spirit has seen no new customers so far into 2010, but some carriers, notably Qatar Airways have added capacity and frequencies.
-High on the wishing-list is the resumption of a west-bound freighter service at Gothenburg. I am convinced that there is really a need and a commercial business case for a service like that, given the fact that all passenger flights on the North Atlantic sector are fully loaded with cargo, leaving a need in the market for a freighter service with a hub in the USA to provide on-ward transportation of cargo shipments, says Mr Kardell.
-With this year's performance we are back after a depressing year 2009, and we will probably end up on 2008-levels, says Bjorn Kardell, Spirit Sweden managing director.
-Sweden's manufacturing business and economy have picked up again. We are seeing brisk growth in both imports and exports, and the positive development comprises exports to the Far East as well as to North America.
-Spirit has seen no new customers so far into 2010, but some carriers, notably Qatar Airways have added capacity and frequencies.
-High on the wishing-list is the resumption of a west-bound freighter service at Gothenburg. I am convinced that there is really a need and a commercial business case for a service like that, given the fact that all passenger flights on the North Atlantic sector are fully loaded with cargo, leaving a need in the market for a freighter service with a hub in the USA to provide on-ward transportation of cargo shipments, says Mr Kardell.