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Mar 10, 2014 (newstodate): With cargo capacity to increase by 50 percent with the Airbus A350 deliveries during 2015-20, Finnair Cargo needs a home market stretching beyond Finland.
-This is the basic logic behind our opening of the second European base at Brussels Zaventem Airport on March 6, 2013. Brussels is now a crucial and integral part of our platform, says Juha J�rvinen, Finnair Cargo Mng Dir.
-We are currently operating two MD-11F weekly flights and one weekly dedicated Airbus A340 passenger aircraft to feed cargo between Brussels and Helsinki to and from our Asian traffic, and from this summer one more Airbus A340 flight will be added, totaling four weekly dedicated freighter operations.
-With the hub at Brussels we have gained 35 percent in cargo volumes to and from China, and the operations at Brussels now generates 20 percent of our total cargo volume.
-The choice for localization of our second European cargo hub has naturally raised the question in the industry: why Brussels?
-First, competition at Brussels is admittedly less fierce, with only Saudia and Singapore Airlines Cargo calling at the airport. And second, Brussels Airport is cost-efficient, effective and paying close attention to meeting our demands and quality requirements.
-Besides, with the Belgian air cargo trucking and logistics company E. Essers providing us with trucking services to and from Brussels Zaventem Airport, we are well-positioned to serve customers in a wide central European market including the Benelux with its large pharmaceutical clusters.
-The disadvantage of Brussels is equally evident: the airport is not widely known as a European hub in Asia, which constitutes a challenge for us. We are therefore engaging in a joint campaign together with the airport to visit business centers in China and Asia to make them put Brussels on the map, says Mr J�rvinen.
-This is the basic logic behind our opening of the second European base at Brussels Zaventem Airport on March 6, 2013. Brussels is now a crucial and integral part of our platform, says Juha J�rvinen, Finnair Cargo Mng Dir.
-We are currently operating two MD-11F weekly flights and one weekly dedicated Airbus A340 passenger aircraft to feed cargo between Brussels and Helsinki to and from our Asian traffic, and from this summer one more Airbus A340 flight will be added, totaling four weekly dedicated freighter operations.
-With the hub at Brussels we have gained 35 percent in cargo volumes to and from China, and the operations at Brussels now generates 20 percent of our total cargo volume.
-The choice for localization of our second European cargo hub has naturally raised the question in the industry: why Brussels?
-First, competition at Brussels is admittedly less fierce, with only Saudia and Singapore Airlines Cargo calling at the airport. And second, Brussels Airport is cost-efficient, effective and paying close attention to meeting our demands and quality requirements.
-Besides, with the Belgian air cargo trucking and logistics company E. Essers providing us with trucking services to and from Brussels Zaventem Airport, we are well-positioned to serve customers in a wide central European market including the Benelux with its large pharmaceutical clusters.
-The disadvantage of Brussels is equally evident: the airport is not widely known as a European hub in Asia, which constitutes a challenge for us. We are therefore engaging in a joint campaign together with the airport to visit business centers in China and Asia to make them put Brussels on the map, says Mr J�rvinen.