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Dec 13, 2012 (newstodate): Sweden's Orebro Airport expects to land around 20,000 tonnes of cargo handled in 2012, reflecting the general 20 percent decline in the country's total airfreight volumes.
-Our main driver remains DHL followed by TNT, and we are also seeing significant volumes of freight forwarders' shipments handled by the airport and transported by trucks to continental airports, says Hakan Nilsson, Orebro Airport cargo manager.
-Since September 19, 2011, DHL has extended its Boeing 737 freighter flight from Leipzig to Copenhagen to Orebro, and TNT operates five weekly BAe 146 freighter flights between Brussels and Helsinki via Orebro Airport.
-The Swedish army is another significant customer at Orebro Airport that handles its flights serving international missions.
-What has gone down in 2012 is especially the ad-hoc freighter market where we have seen only 10-12 operations. This market was earlier driven primarily by Ericsson that has, however, outsourced its production from Sweden.
-We remain cautiously optimistic about prospects for 2013. We have not gained in 2012 but we have not lost either, given the general downturn in Sweden's air cargo industry.
-Several projects are underway, and Post Sweden will start postal flights between Orebro and Arlanda from September 2013, also adding to our positive outlook, says Mr Nilsson.
-Our main driver remains DHL followed by TNT, and we are also seeing significant volumes of freight forwarders' shipments handled by the airport and transported by trucks to continental airports, says Hakan Nilsson, Orebro Airport cargo manager.
-Since September 19, 2011, DHL has extended its Boeing 737 freighter flight from Leipzig to Copenhagen to Orebro, and TNT operates five weekly BAe 146 freighter flights between Brussels and Helsinki via Orebro Airport.
-The Swedish army is another significant customer at Orebro Airport that handles its flights serving international missions.
-What has gone down in 2012 is especially the ad-hoc freighter market where we have seen only 10-12 operations. This market was earlier driven primarily by Ericsson that has, however, outsourced its production from Sweden.
-We remain cautiously optimistic about prospects for 2013. We have not gained in 2012 but we have not lost either, given the general downturn in Sweden's air cargo industry.
-Several projects are underway, and Post Sweden will start postal flights between Orebro and Arlanda from September 2013, also adding to our positive outlook, says Mr Nilsson.