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Jun 11, 2010 (newstodate): New cargo GSA since the start of 2010 in the Baltic region is Sky High Agency.
Owned and managed by Agris Sedolins, Sky High Agency was established in January 2010 and launched sales work from March 1 this year, serving the Belarus carrier Belavia Cargo in Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania from the office in Riga.
-Belavia launched flights with three weekly services between Minsk and Riga from January 2010, so both the carrier and our GSA company is new in the market, says Agris Sedolins.
-However, the sales have come off to a rather good start in the market. Belavia operates flight with either CRJ-100 or 200 aircraft, offering cargo capacity up to over 1,000 kg per flight, and if warranted by cargo bookings we can actually ask the carrier to operate the larger aircraft.
-Shipments include pharmaceuticals, spare parts, printed materials and other goods, and volumes are building up from the Baltic markets to Minsk and beyond. Belavia offers onward flights to destinations in Central Asia and CIS countries that are increasingly attracting also Baltic export commodities.
-In the other direction, into the Baltic markets via Minsk, volumes are still comparatively low as the carrier needs to find new, efficient cargo GSAs to market the Baltic region as a viable business case. Still, volumes are increasing, and we are rather upbeat about the prospects here, says Mr Sedolins.
-Belavia is our launch customer and so far only airline principal. But we are free to seek other non-conflicting carriers as customers - and will certainly do so!
Agris Sedolins set up his new cargo GSA company after years as managing director of the forwarding company Spedair.
Owned and managed by Agris Sedolins, Sky High Agency was established in January 2010 and launched sales work from March 1 this year, serving the Belarus carrier Belavia Cargo in Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania from the office in Riga.
-Belavia launched flights with three weekly services between Minsk and Riga from January 2010, so both the carrier and our GSA company is new in the market, says Agris Sedolins.
-However, the sales have come off to a rather good start in the market. Belavia operates flight with either CRJ-100 or 200 aircraft, offering cargo capacity up to over 1,000 kg per flight, and if warranted by cargo bookings we can actually ask the carrier to operate the larger aircraft.
-Shipments include pharmaceuticals, spare parts, printed materials and other goods, and volumes are building up from the Baltic markets to Minsk and beyond. Belavia offers onward flights to destinations in Central Asia and CIS countries that are increasingly attracting also Baltic export commodities.
-In the other direction, into the Baltic markets via Minsk, volumes are still comparatively low as the carrier needs to find new, efficient cargo GSAs to market the Baltic region as a viable business case. Still, volumes are increasing, and we are rather upbeat about the prospects here, says Mr Sedolins.
-Belavia is our launch customer and so far only airline principal. But we are free to seek other non-conflicting carriers as customers - and will certainly do so!
Agris Sedolins set up his new cargo GSA company after years as managing director of the forwarding company Spedair.