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May 19, 2010 (newstodate): Integrator traffic is playing an important role in driving the growth in cargo at Lithuania's Kaunas Airport.
-Both TNT and UPS operate at Kaunas Airport, and we are seeing their cargo volumes increasing, says Arijandas Sliupas, Kaunas Airport general manager.
-TNT has recently upgraded their services by replacing SAAB 340 aircraft with the larger AN-26 aircraft, serving the airport daily on the route between Warsaw and Kaunas, and both imports and exports are growing, reflecting the increasing activity among companies in the Kaunas region.
-In addition, UPS is also operating daily flights between Warsaw and Kaunas, using SAAB 340 aircraft on the route, and since mid-2009 export volumes especially have also been steadily rising.
-On the negative side, earlier twice-weekly DC-10F freighter flights by Air Kazakhstan were lost as the carrier landed on the EU blacklist barring it from operations into EU airports, but we are of course working hard to find alternatives to this traffic, says Mr Sliupas.
In April 2010, Kaunas airport reported a growth by 125.9 percent in air cargo volumes, compared to last year.
A total of 209 tonnes of cargo was handled at Kaunas Airport in April 2010, compared to only 137 tonnes in April 2009.
Until the early years of the decade, Kaunas Airport handled up to 10,000 tonnes of cargo annually, mainly consisting of ex-China exports to Russia - a traffic that later moved to Estonia's Tallinn Airport that lost this traffic again from start of this year due to problems with the Russian customs.
-Both TNT and UPS operate at Kaunas Airport, and we are seeing their cargo volumes increasing, says Arijandas Sliupas, Kaunas Airport general manager.
-TNT has recently upgraded their services by replacing SAAB 340 aircraft with the larger AN-26 aircraft, serving the airport daily on the route between Warsaw and Kaunas, and both imports and exports are growing, reflecting the increasing activity among companies in the Kaunas region.
-In addition, UPS is also operating daily flights between Warsaw and Kaunas, using SAAB 340 aircraft on the route, and since mid-2009 export volumes especially have also been steadily rising.
-On the negative side, earlier twice-weekly DC-10F freighter flights by Air Kazakhstan were lost as the carrier landed on the EU blacklist barring it from operations into EU airports, but we are of course working hard to find alternatives to this traffic, says Mr Sliupas.
In April 2010, Kaunas airport reported a growth by 125.9 percent in air cargo volumes, compared to last year.
A total of 209 tonnes of cargo was handled at Kaunas Airport in April 2010, compared to only 137 tonnes in April 2009.
Until the early years of the decade, Kaunas Airport handled up to 10,000 tonnes of cargo annually, mainly consisting of ex-China exports to Russia - a traffic that later moved to Estonia's Tallinn Airport that lost this traffic again from start of this year due to problems with the Russian customs.