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Aug 21, 2012 (newstodate): The Swedish paradox remains: over-all, the country's export industries are growing their volumes, while the airfreight volumes are declining over the last two years.
And in 2012 the trend remains: Sweden's export airfreight remains down by some 20 percent, y-o-y.
-We have been talking to airlines and forwarders, and all agree that part of the volumes earlier flown have migrated to land and sea transportation, says Bjorn Kardell, Spirit Air Cargo Handling Sweden managing director.
-It of course puts pressure on the parties in the airfreight industry to convince exporters of the quality and not least time benefits from using airfreight solutions and win back business lost over the last months and years.
-The latest CASS figures still show Swedish cargo volumes at a low point, but it seems from the start of August that the situation is slowly stabilizing while certainly still not satisfactory. We also see no new airlines into the Swedish airfreight market, but hopes remain that the trend will turn in the last half of this year, says Mr Kardell.
By the end of 2010 and shortly before the decline in Swedish airfreight volumes set in, Spirit Air Cargo Handling Sweden moved its business from its old premises to a new 15,200 sq.m cargo terminal at Stockholm Arlanda Airport, doubling its annual cargo handling capacity to 200,000 tonnes.
And in 2012 the trend remains: Sweden's export airfreight remains down by some 20 percent, y-o-y.
-We have been talking to airlines and forwarders, and all agree that part of the volumes earlier flown have migrated to land and sea transportation, says Bjorn Kardell, Spirit Air Cargo Handling Sweden managing director.
-It of course puts pressure on the parties in the airfreight industry to convince exporters of the quality and not least time benefits from using airfreight solutions and win back business lost over the last months and years.
-The latest CASS figures still show Swedish cargo volumes at a low point, but it seems from the start of August that the situation is slowly stabilizing while certainly still not satisfactory. We also see no new airlines into the Swedish airfreight market, but hopes remain that the trend will turn in the last half of this year, says Mr Kardell.
By the end of 2010 and shortly before the decline in Swedish airfreight volumes set in, Spirit Air Cargo Handling Sweden moved its business from its old premises to a new 15,200 sq.m cargo terminal at Stockholm Arlanda Airport, doubling its annual cargo handling capacity to 200,000 tonnes.