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Dec 05, 2014 (newstodate): Finnair's plans for construction of a new cargo terminal at Helsinki Vaanta Airport are still a hot topic on the Finnair Board's agenda.
-Yes, Finnair Group's Directors have actively discussed the new cargo terminal investment, and the project is moving actively forward. We are still targeting the release of the project before the end of this year, says Juha Jarvinen, Finnair Senior Vice President Commercial Division.
If this is to hold true, an announcement should be made within the coming two weeks.
A new sophisticated cargo terminal is needed as the carrier starts taking in its fleet of 19 Airbus A350 aircraft during 2015-2020, offering 17-18 tonnes of cargo capacity compared to seven tonnes carried on Finnair's Airbus A340 passenger aircraft.
At the same time, Finnair Cargo is attaching increasing importance to growing its volumes of special cargo, including perishables and pharmaceutical products that require special terminal handling facilities and dedicated lanes through the handling procedures.
Perishables currently constitute about 12 percent of Finnair's total cargo volumes, with general cargo at 53 percent, dangerous goods 10 and pharmaceuticals three percent, and about 80 percent of the shipments are transit cargo requiring short turn-around times at Finnair's hub.
These features will be at the core of the design of the coming new cargo facility that will comprise some 20,000 sq m - twice the size of the existing terminal at the airport.
-Yes, Finnair Group's Directors have actively discussed the new cargo terminal investment, and the project is moving actively forward. We are still targeting the release of the project before the end of this year, says Juha Jarvinen, Finnair Senior Vice President Commercial Division.
If this is to hold true, an announcement should be made within the coming two weeks.
A new sophisticated cargo terminal is needed as the carrier starts taking in its fleet of 19 Airbus A350 aircraft during 2015-2020, offering 17-18 tonnes of cargo capacity compared to seven tonnes carried on Finnair's Airbus A340 passenger aircraft.
At the same time, Finnair Cargo is attaching increasing importance to growing its volumes of special cargo, including perishables and pharmaceutical products that require special terminal handling facilities and dedicated lanes through the handling procedures.
Perishables currently constitute about 12 percent of Finnair's total cargo volumes, with general cargo at 53 percent, dangerous goods 10 and pharmaceuticals three percent, and about 80 percent of the shipments are transit cargo requiring short turn-around times at Finnair's hub.
These features will be at the core of the design of the coming new cargo facility that will comprise some 20,000 sq m - twice the size of the existing terminal at the airport.