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Jun 03, 2014 (newstodate): The Icelandic carrier Air Iceland is ready to grow its cargo services in Greenland focusing on seafood exports.
-We have been serving Greenland with flights to and from Iceland since the 60'ies providing both passenger and cargo services, says Inga Thor Gudmundsson, Air Iceland Director Sales and Marketing.
-EU regulations have, however, until now posed serious difficulties for the export of Greenland's fresh seafood products. Now, new opportunities are opening, however, with the recent agreement between the EU and the governments of Greenland and Iceland easing current restrictions and opening up for much more business.
-Today, the bulk of Greenland's seafood exports is transported by sea as frozen products. Export by air of fresh seafood will raise the value of Greenland's seafood products by 20 or 30 percent and grant access to new markets, and we will be fully prepared to cope with increasing demand for cargo capacity. As demands rise, even an all-freighter service may be considered.
-Today, most cargo carried by Air Iceland on flights to Greenland comprises perishables and brand products while the operation is imbalanced due to less export loads from Greenland. With growth in fresh seafood cargo operations will become better balanced which will contribute to further expansion in the traffic, says Mr Gudmundsson.
A subsidiary of the Icelandair Group, Air Iceland would feed fresh seafood from Greenland onto Icelandair's high-frequency services to 39 destinations in 16 countries on both sides of the Atlantic Ocean through Keflavik Airport.
-We have been serving Greenland with flights to and from Iceland since the 60'ies providing both passenger and cargo services, says Inga Thor Gudmundsson, Air Iceland Director Sales and Marketing.
-EU regulations have, however, until now posed serious difficulties for the export of Greenland's fresh seafood products. Now, new opportunities are opening, however, with the recent agreement between the EU and the governments of Greenland and Iceland easing current restrictions and opening up for much more business.
-Today, the bulk of Greenland's seafood exports is transported by sea as frozen products. Export by air of fresh seafood will raise the value of Greenland's seafood products by 20 or 30 percent and grant access to new markets, and we will be fully prepared to cope with increasing demand for cargo capacity. As demands rise, even an all-freighter service may be considered.
-Today, most cargo carried by Air Iceland on flights to Greenland comprises perishables and brand products while the operation is imbalanced due to less export loads from Greenland. With growth in fresh seafood cargo operations will become better balanced which will contribute to further expansion in the traffic, says Mr Gudmundsson.
A subsidiary of the Icelandair Group, Air Iceland would feed fresh seafood from Greenland onto Icelandair's high-frequency services to 39 destinations in 16 countries on both sides of the Atlantic Ocean through Keflavik Airport.