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Sep 21, 2010 (newstodate): Everyone likes Norwegian salmon - including airlines and projects that have come and gone in Norway to snatch a slice of the voluminous salmon export.
An estimated 6-700,000 tonnes of salmon transporter by air to markets around the world, primarily the Far East and, increasingly, USA is enough to tempt cargo carriers. But few have survived for long in this traffic.
Korean Air Cargo is one example to prove that there is indeed a business case. Since 2004 the carrier has been on-line at Oslo Gardermoen Airport, first with one and since 2006 with three rotations between Seoul Incheon and Oslo Gardermoen.
-Our prime asset remains our service via our hub at Incheon, connecting to a wide range of Far Eastern destinations much in demand for Norwegian salmon exporters. Most projects in this business have offered only point-to-point transportation. And after all, Korean Air Cargo is the world's largest airfreight carrier, says Arnfinn Husoy, Korean air Cargo sales manager Norway.
-It is widely known that our rates for salmon shipments are above those of other carriers, so we are definitely not trading yields for volumes. At the same time we have no firm long-term commitments from exporters in the market; our customers book their shipments on a continuous basis, but without leaning on a fixed framework.
-Given the enormous volumes of Norway's salmon exports by air we could probably fill much more capacity than is currently available with three weekly flights. The level is, however, set by the comparatively smaller volume of Norwegian imports. Any airline will need a balanced operation, so here imports are defining the limit, says Mr Husoy.
While Korean Air Cargo has announced increases to three weekly rotations at both Copenhagen and Stockholm Arlanda Airport, the carrier will thus stay with its three rotations at Oslo Gardermoen Airport.
An estimated 6-700,000 tonnes of salmon transporter by air to markets around the world, primarily the Far East and, increasingly, USA is enough to tempt cargo carriers. But few have survived for long in this traffic.
Korean Air Cargo is one example to prove that there is indeed a business case. Since 2004 the carrier has been on-line at Oslo Gardermoen Airport, first with one and since 2006 with three rotations between Seoul Incheon and Oslo Gardermoen.
-Our prime asset remains our service via our hub at Incheon, connecting to a wide range of Far Eastern destinations much in demand for Norwegian salmon exporters. Most projects in this business have offered only point-to-point transportation. And after all, Korean Air Cargo is the world's largest airfreight carrier, says Arnfinn Husoy, Korean air Cargo sales manager Norway.
-It is widely known that our rates for salmon shipments are above those of other carriers, so we are definitely not trading yields for volumes. At the same time we have no firm long-term commitments from exporters in the market; our customers book their shipments on a continuous basis, but without leaning on a fixed framework.
-Given the enormous volumes of Norway's salmon exports by air we could probably fill much more capacity than is currently available with three weekly flights. The level is, however, set by the comparatively smaller volume of Norwegian imports. Any airline will need a balanced operation, so here imports are defining the limit, says Mr Husoy.
While Korean Air Cargo has announced increases to three weekly rotations at both Copenhagen and Stockholm Arlanda Airport, the carrier will thus stay with its three rotations at Oslo Gardermoen Airport.