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Feb 22, 2010 (newstodate): The current security problems for cargo operators at Copenhagen Airport needs to be solved, says BARD - the Board of Airline Representatives in Denmark.
-If the extra costs for increased security at the airport get too high some of the airlines operating cargo on narrow-body aircraft may not take cargo on-board to and from Copenhagen Airport in the future, says Kim Irmov, BARD chairman.
-These carriers often lift only 3-400 kg of shipments per flight, and as the extra security costs are calculated not on the basis of weight, but per truck, operating freight may simply be too expensive to secure profitable operations.
-I appeal to SLV, CPH and all other parties involved to meet soon to seek a solution through joint efforts, to secure sustained and profitable cargo operations at the airport, says Mr Irmov.
The problems derive from the airport's division of the airside areas into a "soft" and a "hard" security zone with a guarded checkpoint between them, but without surveillance over cargo transportation from cargo terminals to the "hard" security zone around the aircraft.
To avoid being stopped at the checkpoint, the cargo handling companies are then charging the airlines for follow-on guards or plastic wrapping of the shipments to secure against pilfering and interference with the shipments on the way to the aircraft.
-If the extra costs for increased security at the airport get too high some of the airlines operating cargo on narrow-body aircraft may not take cargo on-board to and from Copenhagen Airport in the future, says Kim Irmov, BARD chairman.
-These carriers often lift only 3-400 kg of shipments per flight, and as the extra security costs are calculated not on the basis of weight, but per truck, operating freight may simply be too expensive to secure profitable operations.
-I appeal to SLV, CPH and all other parties involved to meet soon to seek a solution through joint efforts, to secure sustained and profitable cargo operations at the airport, says Mr Irmov.
The problems derive from the airport's division of the airside areas into a "soft" and a "hard" security zone with a guarded checkpoint between them, but without surveillance over cargo transportation from cargo terminals to the "hard" security zone around the aircraft.
To avoid being stopped at the checkpoint, the cargo handling companies are then charging the airlines for follow-on guards or plastic wrapping of the shipments to secure against pilfering and interference with the shipments on the way to the aircraft.