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Apr 30, 2012 (newstodate): Norway is the only Nordic region with sustained growth in volumes of IATA export airfreight - and Lufthansa Cargo is keeping pace.
-We are actually growing our share of the Norwegian market at an even faster pace, as exemplified by statistics in March 2012 when Lufthansa Cargo's market share was up 24.4 percent, y-o-y, while the market increased by 14.0 percent, says Alexander Kohnen, Lufthansa Cargo Director for the Nordic and Baltic countries.
-Our volumetric growth is both in general cargo and in the country's large seafood exports.
-Rates are, however, low in Norway, forcing us to focus on the higher end of the seafood exports meaning shipments with high demands on short lead times and urgency, rather than large quantities.
-The Norwegian seafood exports are indeed attractive to Lufthansa Cargo also, but price levels in this market are so low as to constitute a critical barrier to further investments.
-To attract more cargo capacity to meet its need for air transportation, the country's industry must eventually accept rate levels allowing providers to operate with expectations of a fair return on their investments, says Mr Kohnen.
-We are actually growing our share of the Norwegian market at an even faster pace, as exemplified by statistics in March 2012 when Lufthansa Cargo's market share was up 24.4 percent, y-o-y, while the market increased by 14.0 percent, says Alexander Kohnen, Lufthansa Cargo Director for the Nordic and Baltic countries.
-Our volumetric growth is both in general cargo and in the country's large seafood exports.
-Rates are, however, low in Norway, forcing us to focus on the higher end of the seafood exports meaning shipments with high demands on short lead times and urgency, rather than large quantities.
-The Norwegian seafood exports are indeed attractive to Lufthansa Cargo also, but price levels in this market are so low as to constitute a critical barrier to further investments.
-To attract more cargo capacity to meet its need for air transportation, the country's industry must eventually accept rate levels allowing providers to operate with expectations of a fair return on their investments, says Mr Kohnen.