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Apr 210, 2010 (newstodate): Iceland's freighter service Cargo Express folded its wings again from February 2010 - but not because of lack of demand in the market..
Based on an agreement with ABX Air operating a Boeing 767F service between New York and Liege via Keflavik, Iceland, Cargo Express was launched on March 11, 2009, offering two weekly flights.
-The flight by ABX Air was operated for TNT that eventually took over the full capacity of the aircraft, so we had to pull out from the market, says Robert Tomasson, Cargo Express Managing Director.
-We are, however, convinced of the demand for this service, so we are looking around at various options to re-launch the freighter operations again in the future, says Mr Tomasson.
The commodities lifted by Cargo Express primarily consisted of fresh fish and fish processing equipment to customers in Continental Europe and North America.
Apart from the now-defunct freighter service, Cargo Express is also selling the belly capacity of Iceland Express and this has developed well, primarily due to very regular shipments of seafood to the UK and Continental Europe, as well as other cargo on the growing network of Iceland Express.
Based on an agreement with ABX Air operating a Boeing 767F service between New York and Liege via Keflavik, Iceland, Cargo Express was launched on March 11, 2009, offering two weekly flights.
-The flight by ABX Air was operated for TNT that eventually took over the full capacity of the aircraft, so we had to pull out from the market, says Robert Tomasson, Cargo Express Managing Director.
-We are, however, convinced of the demand for this service, so we are looking around at various options to re-launch the freighter operations again in the future, says Mr Tomasson.
The commodities lifted by Cargo Express primarily consisted of fresh fish and fish processing equipment to customers in Continental Europe and North America.
Apart from the now-defunct freighter service, Cargo Express is also selling the belly capacity of Iceland Express and this has developed well, primarily due to very regular shipments of seafood to the UK and Continental Europe, as well as other cargo on the growing network of Iceland Express.