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July 02, 2010 '(newstodate): Japan Air Lines' decision to retreat from the freighter market has spelled death for Sirius Air International, its cargo GSA in the Nordic market since the carrier ceased operating at Copenhagen Airport 11 years ago.
The Copenhagen-based GSA provider Sirius, managed by Hans Wiberg, stopped operating from June 30, 2010, and is now being laid to rest.
-Really a sad decision, as Sirius might have had potentials for attracting other airline customers besides JAL Cargo that remained our single carrier from the start, says Simon Campostrini, Sirius Air International sales manager.
-But with JAL to scrap its freighter services and pulling out from important destinations including Amsterdam and Rome it was obvious that there would be little capacity for cargo from the Nordic markets.
The pull-out from the Nordic markets leaves a void to be filled by other carriers.
In 2010, Sirius received bookings for 1,561 tonnes - a far cry from monthly volumes between 250 and 400 tonnes in earlier years before volumes started to drop over the last two or three years.
From now, the Nordic market will have to call Frankfurt for bookings on JAL Cargo, and forwarders will have to foot the bill for road transportation themselves as RFS is no longer provided, nor included in the rate.
The Copenhagen-based GSA provider Sirius, managed by Hans Wiberg, stopped operating from June 30, 2010, and is now being laid to rest.
-Really a sad decision, as Sirius might have had potentials for attracting other airline customers besides JAL Cargo that remained our single carrier from the start, says Simon Campostrini, Sirius Air International sales manager.
-But with JAL to scrap its freighter services and pulling out from important destinations including Amsterdam and Rome it was obvious that there would be little capacity for cargo from the Nordic markets.
The pull-out from the Nordic markets leaves a void to be filled by other carriers.
In 2010, Sirius received bookings for 1,561 tonnes - a far cry from monthly volumes between 250 and 400 tonnes in earlier years before volumes started to drop over the last two or three years.
From now, the Nordic market will have to call Frankfurt for bookings on JAL Cargo, and forwarders will have to foot the bill for road transportation themselves as RFS is no longer provided, nor included in the rate.