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Jun 30, 2010 (newstodate): As Scandinavia's legacy carrier SAS and its cargo arm is losing strength, other alternatives are taking over to fill the void for cargo transportation to Scandinavian destinations.
One successful carrier is the low-cost airline Norwegian that is also building up its cargo business alongside the primary focus on passenger transportation.
Serving Norwegian as its cargo GSSA in the Dutch market for over a year, adding Germany a few months ago and opening also services in France "any time now" is AviationPlus, with HQ at Amsterdam.
-We are seeing growing volumes of export shipments carried by Norwegian that operates six weekly late evening flights from Amsterdam, and the business is indeed going well, says Gert Lantrok, AviationPlus managing partner.
-We work with Scandinavia's JetPak, which is a strong partner for us, but we are actually seeing most types of general cargo from small express shipments to automotive components, AOG parts for other airlines, ships spares and equipment and materials for the off-shore industries.
-Most of the shipments are transferred at Oslo to other flights on Norwegian's domestic network that comprises many important destinations for airfreight.
-This is really a good business, but of course there is competition in the market. After the sustained weakening of SAS and SAS Cargo in these markets, the situation is, however, favoring a carrier like Norwegian, and we see sustained potentials for further growth with this airline, says Mr Lantrok.
From the office at Amsterdam, AviationPlus is also handling Norwegian sales in Belgium and Luxembourg where the carrier is off-line.
One successful carrier is the low-cost airline Norwegian that is also building up its cargo business alongside the primary focus on passenger transportation.
Serving Norwegian as its cargo GSSA in the Dutch market for over a year, adding Germany a few months ago and opening also services in France "any time now" is AviationPlus, with HQ at Amsterdam.
-We are seeing growing volumes of export shipments carried by Norwegian that operates six weekly late evening flights from Amsterdam, and the business is indeed going well, says Gert Lantrok, AviationPlus managing partner.
-We work with Scandinavia's JetPak, which is a strong partner for us, but we are actually seeing most types of general cargo from small express shipments to automotive components, AOG parts for other airlines, ships spares and equipment and materials for the off-shore industries.
-Most of the shipments are transferred at Oslo to other flights on Norwegian's domestic network that comprises many important destinations for airfreight.
-This is really a good business, but of course there is competition in the market. After the sustained weakening of SAS and SAS Cargo in these markets, the situation is, however, favoring a carrier like Norwegian, and we see sustained potentials for further growth with this airline, says Mr Lantrok.
From the office at Amsterdam, AviationPlus is also handling Norwegian sales in Belgium and Luxembourg where the carrier is off-line.