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Jan 06, 2012 (newstodate): The Faeroe Islands has high hopes for a significant increase in air traffic after the completion of the infrastructure projects at Vagar Airport.
-The company intends to increase air traffic to the Faroes considerably, as the option to utilise larger aircraft presents itself, says the report from the latest annual general meeting.
-We are indeed hoping to see traffic growing at Vagar Airport after the extension of the runway that will allow for operations with larger aircraft, says Kitty May Ellefsen, chairman of the Board.
-The volume of tourists to the Faeroe Islands has remained practically unchanged since the 90'ies, so we are convinced that there are untapped potentials here.
-We are now working on a market analysis that will show us where to focus our efforts. Once this work has been completed, we will then work out a marketing plan in 2012, probably aiming at the Scandinavian and German markets in the first hand.
-This is a new situation for us, but I am convinced that with the new airport infrastructure more markets will be opening for us.
-We are also aware that there is a great interest in the new airport infrastructure from exporters on the Faeroe Islands of fresh seafood, notably salmon. This would provide further possibilities for increasing air traffic at Vagar Airport, says Ms Ellefsen.
The original 1,250m runway has been extended eastwards by 350m and by another 200m westwards, allowing for operations without weight penalty by larger aircraft including the Airbus Family/Boeing 737, and to lure other carriers to set up traffic to the Faroe Islands.
The country's national carrier, Atlantic Airways will take delivery of its first Airbus A319 aircraft by March 2012.
-The company intends to increase air traffic to the Faroes considerably, as the option to utilise larger aircraft presents itself, says the report from the latest annual general meeting.
-We are indeed hoping to see traffic growing at Vagar Airport after the extension of the runway that will allow for operations with larger aircraft, says Kitty May Ellefsen, chairman of the Board.
-The volume of tourists to the Faeroe Islands has remained practically unchanged since the 90'ies, so we are convinced that there are untapped potentials here.
-We are now working on a market analysis that will show us where to focus our efforts. Once this work has been completed, we will then work out a marketing plan in 2012, probably aiming at the Scandinavian and German markets in the first hand.
-This is a new situation for us, but I am convinced that with the new airport infrastructure more markets will be opening for us.
-We are also aware that there is a great interest in the new airport infrastructure from exporters on the Faeroe Islands of fresh seafood, notably salmon. This would provide further possibilities for increasing air traffic at Vagar Airport, says Ms Ellefsen.
The original 1,250m runway has been extended eastwards by 350m and by another 200m westwards, allowing for operations without weight penalty by larger aircraft including the Airbus Family/Boeing 737, and to lure other carriers to set up traffic to the Faroe Islands.
The country's national carrier, Atlantic Airways will take delivery of its first Airbus A319 aircraft by March 2012.