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Oct 12, 1016 (newstodate): Not surprisingly Avinor, the operator of Norway's Oslo Gardermoen Airport, is encouraged by the recent increase in freighter operations at Oslo.
Only few days after the decision by Qatar Airways Cargo to grow its service at Oslo to six weekly Airbus A330-200F/Boeing 777F flights from Oslo to Qatar from the start of the coming winter schedule, Emirates SkyCargo is now online with a weekly Boeing 777F freighter service from Oslo to Dubai starting from October 11, 2016.
-Even given these great news, the fact remains that about 70 percent of Norway's seafood exports still bypass Oslo Airport, being trucked instead to other international airports for uplift, says Martin Langaas, Avinor Cargo Development Manager.
-So I would rather consider these new additions to the total freighter capacity out of Oslo as yet another step in a new beginning. Already now we have the Nordic region's largest provision of direct freighter capacity. Copenhagen Airport is still leading in terms of number of flights, but I expect this to change in 2017. Watch out for more news in the near future, says Mr Langaas.
In total, Oslo Airport is seeing 11 weekly freighter flights including Qatar Airways with six weekly Airbus A330-200F/Boeing 777F operations, Korean Cargo with four weekly Boeing 777F operations, and Emirates SkyCargo with so far one weekly Boeing 777F operation.
The freighters complement the belly capacity of Qatar Airways' daily passenger flights since October 5, 2011, and Emirates' five weekly passenger flights from Oslo.
Only few days after the decision by Qatar Airways Cargo to grow its service at Oslo to six weekly Airbus A330-200F/Boeing 777F flights from Oslo to Qatar from the start of the coming winter schedule, Emirates SkyCargo is now online with a weekly Boeing 777F freighter service from Oslo to Dubai starting from October 11, 2016.
-Even given these great news, the fact remains that about 70 percent of Norway's seafood exports still bypass Oslo Airport, being trucked instead to other international airports for uplift, says Martin Langaas, Avinor Cargo Development Manager.
-So I would rather consider these new additions to the total freighter capacity out of Oslo as yet another step in a new beginning. Already now we have the Nordic region's largest provision of direct freighter capacity. Copenhagen Airport is still leading in terms of number of flights, but I expect this to change in 2017. Watch out for more news in the near future, says Mr Langaas.
In total, Oslo Airport is seeing 11 weekly freighter flights including Qatar Airways with six weekly Airbus A330-200F/Boeing 777F operations, Korean Cargo with four weekly Boeing 777F operations, and Emirates SkyCargo with so far one weekly Boeing 777F operation.
The freighters complement the belly capacity of Qatar Airways' daily passenger flights since October 5, 2011, and Emirates' five weekly passenger flights from Oslo.