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Dec 09, 2014 (newstodate): Nobody wants to officially confirm or deny - but plans may be under way for a major project concerning cargo at Latvia's Riga Airport.
According to information circulating in Riga's air cargo society, Azerbaijan's Silk Way Airlines is in talks with the airport authorities and the Latvian state over plans for construction of a major new air cargo terminal complex at Riga Airport.
If realized, the new complex would provide the carrier with a European cargo hub to serve its traffic between Europe and the CIS region, including Azerbaijan.
In the project will also be construction of new access roads to the airport to ease onward trucking as well as other road traffic relieving today's congestion on the existing road between the airport and Riga.
Based at Baku, Silk Way Airlines is part of the EuroAsian Transport Company, owned by the Russian oligarch, Aurelius Utopaite, and has signed co-operating contracts with Azerbaijan Airlines, Lufthansa Cargo and Cargolux.
From this autumn, Silk Way Airlines has taken in two Boeing 747-8 freighters adding to its fleet also comprising three Boeing 747-400F and and two Boeing 767-300F freighters.
Dedicated to growth, Silk Way Airlines is a leading cargo carrier in the region, providing full-fledged services to Europe, the United Kingdom and Middle East, as well as the Far East including South Korea, China and Hong Kong.
In addition, the carrier also serves international destinations through a network of alliances.
While currently declining from any comment on the issue, a official at Riga Airport tells newstodate that information may be provided by the end of January 2015.
According to information circulating in Riga's air cargo society, Azerbaijan's Silk Way Airlines is in talks with the airport authorities and the Latvian state over plans for construction of a major new air cargo terminal complex at Riga Airport.
If realized, the new complex would provide the carrier with a European cargo hub to serve its traffic between Europe and the CIS region, including Azerbaijan.
In the project will also be construction of new access roads to the airport to ease onward trucking as well as other road traffic relieving today's congestion on the existing road between the airport and Riga.
Based at Baku, Silk Way Airlines is part of the EuroAsian Transport Company, owned by the Russian oligarch, Aurelius Utopaite, and has signed co-operating contracts with Azerbaijan Airlines, Lufthansa Cargo and Cargolux.
From this autumn, Silk Way Airlines has taken in two Boeing 747-8 freighters adding to its fleet also comprising three Boeing 747-400F and and two Boeing 767-300F freighters.
Dedicated to growth, Silk Way Airlines is a leading cargo carrier in the region, providing full-fledged services to Europe, the United Kingdom and Middle East, as well as the Far East including South Korea, China and Hong Kong.
In addition, the carrier also serves international destinations through a network of alliances.
While currently declining from any comment on the issue, a official at Riga Airport tells newstodate that information may be provided by the end of January 2015.