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Sep 01, 2010 (newstodate): For passengers, the summer season was the perfect time to launch Air Canada operations into Scandinavia. For cargo it is certainly different..
Air Canada launched its five-times weekly service between Toronto and Copenhagen from June 25, 2010, using Boeing 676-300ER aircraft, now reducing frequency to four times per week from the coming winter schedule, as planned.
-It is certainly not easy to fill cargo space on a new service during the summer season, but basically Air Canada Cargo has performed as budgeted so far into 2010, says Michael Sauer, Air Canada Cargo regional manager Nordics and Baltics.
-We are seeing cargo from all four Nordic markets, thus including Finland where we have basically re-routed our road feeder services from Helsinki to Copenhagen, instead of to Frankfurt.
-Denmark has proved to be the most difficult market of the four as ad-hoc cargo plays a very dominating role. Almost all shipments are booked after forwarders' inquiries to 10 or more airlines, so in the end the rate level is very depressed forcing yields down. In Sweden and Norway the situation is more balanced between ad-hoc and published rates.
-Although a decision has not yet been made, we are certainly going to adjust our rates policy in the market to seek more longer-term contacts, rather than ad-hoc shipments, as negotiated by our GSAs.
-The Boeing 767-300ER has the capacity to lift some four pallets as well as a number of containers, giving us about 13-14 tonnes of cargo uplift capacity per flight, which is quite satisfactory.
-We have seen cargo volumes increasing through July and August, so we are quite positive about prospects for the rest of the year and indeed fully up to budgets in the Nordic markets, says Mr Sauer.
In the Swedish market Air Canada Cargo sales are entrusted to Heavy-Weight AB Sweden, and in the Danish market the carrier's Cargo GSA is Heavy-Weight Denmark Aps.
Air Canada Cargo's GSA in Norway and Finland is Airline Services GSA, while Strike Aviation has been named cargo GSA in the Baltic markets.
Air Canada launched its five-times weekly service between Toronto and Copenhagen from June 25, 2010, using Boeing 676-300ER aircraft, now reducing frequency to four times per week from the coming winter schedule, as planned.
-It is certainly not easy to fill cargo space on a new service during the summer season, but basically Air Canada Cargo has performed as budgeted so far into 2010, says Michael Sauer, Air Canada Cargo regional manager Nordics and Baltics.
-We are seeing cargo from all four Nordic markets, thus including Finland where we have basically re-routed our road feeder services from Helsinki to Copenhagen, instead of to Frankfurt.
-Denmark has proved to be the most difficult market of the four as ad-hoc cargo plays a very dominating role. Almost all shipments are booked after forwarders' inquiries to 10 or more airlines, so in the end the rate level is very depressed forcing yields down. In Sweden and Norway the situation is more balanced between ad-hoc and published rates.
-Although a decision has not yet been made, we are certainly going to adjust our rates policy in the market to seek more longer-term contacts, rather than ad-hoc shipments, as negotiated by our GSAs.
-The Boeing 767-300ER has the capacity to lift some four pallets as well as a number of containers, giving us about 13-14 tonnes of cargo uplift capacity per flight, which is quite satisfactory.
-We have seen cargo volumes increasing through July and August, so we are quite positive about prospects for the rest of the year and indeed fully up to budgets in the Nordic markets, says Mr Sauer.
In the Swedish market Air Canada Cargo sales are entrusted to Heavy-Weight AB Sweden, and in the Danish market the carrier's Cargo GSA is Heavy-Weight Denmark Aps.
Air Canada Cargo's GSA in Norway and Finland is Airline Services GSA, while Strike Aviation has been named cargo GSA in the Baltic markets.