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Aug 18, 2011 (newstodate): As expected, Mumbai was indeed high on the list of priorities for Nordic Global Airlines, a freighter JV with Finnair Cargo.
Effective from September 16, 2011, NGA is launching a weekly rotation on the route between Helsinki and Mumbai.
The announcement, out today, is a fast response to yesterday's announcement from Lufthansa Cargo concerning the start from August 27, 2011, of its freighter service between Kaunas, Lithuania, and Mumbai via Frankfurt.
The Lufthansa Cargo freighter will be fed with shipments from Finland by a dedicated road feeder service from Helsinki via Tallinn and Latvia into Kaunas.
Both services will depart from Helsinki on Fridays, but while Nordic Global Airlines/Finnair Cargo will operate the service with a MD-11F with 90 tonnes of cargo capacity, Lufthansa Cargo will be operating a nose-loading Boeing 747-400F with 112 tonnes of cargo capacity from Jade Air Cargo.
Another difference between the two options will be that while Nordic Global Airlines offers capacity in both directions, Lufthansa Cargo's freighter service is an export service only.
Effective from September 16, 2011, NGA is launching a weekly rotation on the route between Helsinki and Mumbai.
The announcement, out today, is a fast response to yesterday's announcement from Lufthansa Cargo concerning the start from August 27, 2011, of its freighter service between Kaunas, Lithuania, and Mumbai via Frankfurt.
The Lufthansa Cargo freighter will be fed with shipments from Finland by a dedicated road feeder service from Helsinki via Tallinn and Latvia into Kaunas.
Both services will depart from Helsinki on Fridays, but while Nordic Global Airlines/Finnair Cargo will operate the service with a MD-11F with 90 tonnes of cargo capacity, Lufthansa Cargo will be operating a nose-loading Boeing 747-400F with 112 tonnes of cargo capacity from Jade Air Cargo.
Another difference between the two options will be that while Nordic Global Airlines offers capacity in both directions, Lufthansa Cargo's freighter service is an export service only.