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Jun 10, 2011 (newstodate): The new freighter carrier, Nordic Global Airlines Ltd to based in Helsinki, Finland, is planned to become operational from the second half of this year.
-Finnair Cargo will buy capacity from this carrier as we will do from the capacity provider World Airways Inc that is introducing Shanghai as a new main-deck destination for Finnair Cargo from June 15, 2011, says Antero Lahtinen, Finnair Snr VP Cargo.
-The launch of Nordic Global Airlines will also allow us to consider new destinations in addition to our existing network comprising freighter flights to New York, Hong Kong, Seoul, Frankfurt and soon Shanghai. Also we will probably introduce a modified product portfolio based on the new partnerships, says Mr Lahtinen.
While Finnair Cargo does not provide any clues as to which new markets may be in the pipeline, one guess might be India that has earlier been mentioned as a future potential airfreight market for Finnair Cargo.
Behind Nordic Global Airlines is the majority investor, the US-based Neff Capital Management LLC together with the Finnish company Ilmarinen Mutual Pension Insurance Company, with Finnair Cargo to hold 40 percent of the shares.
-Finnair Cargo will buy capacity from this carrier as we will do from the capacity provider World Airways Inc that is introducing Shanghai as a new main-deck destination for Finnair Cargo from June 15, 2011, says Antero Lahtinen, Finnair Snr VP Cargo.
-The launch of Nordic Global Airlines will also allow us to consider new destinations in addition to our existing network comprising freighter flights to New York, Hong Kong, Seoul, Frankfurt and soon Shanghai. Also we will probably introduce a modified product portfolio based on the new partnerships, says Mr Lahtinen.
While Finnair Cargo does not provide any clues as to which new markets may be in the pipeline, one guess might be India that has earlier been mentioned as a future potential airfreight market for Finnair Cargo.
Behind Nordic Global Airlines is the majority investor, the US-based Neff Capital Management LLC together with the Finnish company Ilmarinen Mutual Pension Insurance Company, with Finnair Cargo to hold 40 percent of the shares.