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Apr 24, 2013 (newstodate): Norway's low-cost carrier plans to launch its new cargo subsidiary from May 1, 2013, but many details are still to be finalized.
-The Board will soon announce the appointment of a general manager to lead Norwegian Cargo, and his responsibility will then be to set up the business structure, contract airport handling providers and GSSAs as well as defining the future route network for our cargo operations, says Bjorn Erik Barman-Jenssen, Norwegian Director Ground Operation & In-flight Services.
-Passenger transportation will remain our prime focus, but cargo revenues are considered an essential contribution to the profitability of our carrier.
-On routes with high passenger loads cargo space will not be offered, while routes with excess capacity will be opened up for sale of belly cargo space.
-As we are taking delivery of our long-haul aircraft opening up new routes to the USA as well as Thailand, our cargo capacity will be significantly boosted, and this will allow us to lift up to 10-15 tonnes of cargo which is new business for us.
-So far Jetpak has been our exclusive agent for cargo sales in Scandinavia. From now, Jetpak will lose this exclusivity as we take over ourselves the cargo sales and marketing in the Nordic region. Beyond this region, cargo sales will be entrusted to a network of cargo GSSAs as designed by our coming manager of Norwegian Cargo.
-Another important issue is the choice of IT system for cargo operations, and we are currently evaluating various options, says Mr Barman-Jenssen.
-The Board will soon announce the appointment of a general manager to lead Norwegian Cargo, and his responsibility will then be to set up the business structure, contract airport handling providers and GSSAs as well as defining the future route network for our cargo operations, says Bjorn Erik Barman-Jenssen, Norwegian Director Ground Operation & In-flight Services.
-Passenger transportation will remain our prime focus, but cargo revenues are considered an essential contribution to the profitability of our carrier.
-On routes with high passenger loads cargo space will not be offered, while routes with excess capacity will be opened up for sale of belly cargo space.
-As we are taking delivery of our long-haul aircraft opening up new routes to the USA as well as Thailand, our cargo capacity will be significantly boosted, and this will allow us to lift up to 10-15 tonnes of cargo which is new business for us.
-So far Jetpak has been our exclusive agent for cargo sales in Scandinavia. From now, Jetpak will lose this exclusivity as we take over ourselves the cargo sales and marketing in the Nordic region. Beyond this region, cargo sales will be entrusted to a network of cargo GSSAs as designed by our coming manager of Norwegian Cargo.
-Another important issue is the choice of IT system for cargo operations, and we are currently evaluating various options, says Mr Barman-Jenssen.