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Mar 07, 2013 (newstodate): Airfreight at the Faroe Islands' Vagar Airport continue the sustained growth trends starting from 2012.
In February 2013 the airport handled a total of 41.1 tonnes of cargo, up 38.9 percent, y-o-y, as well as 16.7 tonnes of mail that was down by 6.2 percent.
During January-February 2013, the airport has thus seen 76.2 tonnes of cargo, increasing 37.8 percent as well as 34.8 tonnes of mail, down 10.1 percent, y-o-y.
The true statistic picture will become clear only after April 2013 as the current comparisons are impacted by the fact that Atlantic Airways introduced its Airbus A319 on the flights only from March 28, 2012.
In the meantime the airport is seeing sound development in other business areas as well, including the volume of trans-Atlantic en-route calls by ferry flights between the USA and Europe.
-In 2011, Vagar Airport had about 40 en-route calls by ferry flights. This volume grew to about 80 in 2012 thanks to the improved infrastructure at the airport including new state-of-the-art navigational equipment and the extended runway, says Jakup Sverri Kass, Vagar Airport CEO.
-We have clear indications already that this positive trend is continuing in 2013, and we also hope to attract new charter traffic to the airport.
-The bulk of the existing traffic is still provided by our successful national carrier Atlantic Airways, and while this will remain our most important business there is still room for other operators to enter the market, says Mr Kass.
In February 2013 the airport handled a total of 41.1 tonnes of cargo, up 38.9 percent, y-o-y, as well as 16.7 tonnes of mail that was down by 6.2 percent.
During January-February 2013, the airport has thus seen 76.2 tonnes of cargo, increasing 37.8 percent as well as 34.8 tonnes of mail, down 10.1 percent, y-o-y.
The true statistic picture will become clear only after April 2013 as the current comparisons are impacted by the fact that Atlantic Airways introduced its Airbus A319 on the flights only from March 28, 2012.
In the meantime the airport is seeing sound development in other business areas as well, including the volume of trans-Atlantic en-route calls by ferry flights between the USA and Europe.
-In 2011, Vagar Airport had about 40 en-route calls by ferry flights. This volume grew to about 80 in 2012 thanks to the improved infrastructure at the airport including new state-of-the-art navigational equipment and the extended runway, says Jakup Sverri Kass, Vagar Airport CEO.
-We have clear indications already that this positive trend is continuing in 2013, and we also hope to attract new charter traffic to the airport.
-The bulk of the existing traffic is still provided by our successful national carrier Atlantic Airways, and while this will remain our most important business there is still room for other operators to enter the market, says Mr Kass.