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Apr 26, 2016 (newstodate): The new Turkish Airlines' weekly freighter service from April 10, 2016, at Denmark's Billund Airport has come off to a good start, according to the company.
-The first three flights have performed very well, with the aircraft almost fully booked, says Cem Kavas, Turkish Airlines Regional Cargo Manager Denmark.
-As expected, the volumes have primarily been exports that have lived up to our best expectations. As for imports, there is still much work to be done as Billund Airport is not widely known by forwarders in the other markets.
-Efforts must be invested in promoting the awareness of Billund Airport by freight forwarders, but I am convinced that this situation will also develop positively.
-In many other cases, opening up a new freighter route may see the first two-three flights cancelled due to low initial bookings, but in the case of Billund we have seen full flights right from the start.
-The route to Billund is operated with an Airbus A310-300F freighter wet-leased from ULS Airlines Cargo and lifting up to 40 tonnes of cargo. Later, as the market develops, we may see Turkish Airlines replacing the A310 with Airbus A330-200F aircraft that would, however, still be too large for a start, says Mr Kavas.
The new freighter flight between Istanbul and Billund was originally intended to an en-route stop at Billund on the freighter-s return flight from London Stansted, but it is now operated directly from Billund to Istanbul, with the ULS freighter being ferried from Tallinn, in Estonia, directly to Billund.
Serving Turkish Airlines Cargo as cargo GSSA in Scandinavia is NordicGSA that also confirms that all flights form Billund have been "almost" fully booked from the start.
-The first three flights have performed very well, with the aircraft almost fully booked, says Cem Kavas, Turkish Airlines Regional Cargo Manager Denmark.
-As expected, the volumes have primarily been exports that have lived up to our best expectations. As for imports, there is still much work to be done as Billund Airport is not widely known by forwarders in the other markets.
-Efforts must be invested in promoting the awareness of Billund Airport by freight forwarders, but I am convinced that this situation will also develop positively.
-In many other cases, opening up a new freighter route may see the first two-three flights cancelled due to low initial bookings, but in the case of Billund we have seen full flights right from the start.
-The route to Billund is operated with an Airbus A310-300F freighter wet-leased from ULS Airlines Cargo and lifting up to 40 tonnes of cargo. Later, as the market develops, we may see Turkish Airlines replacing the A310 with Airbus A330-200F aircraft that would, however, still be too large for a start, says Mr Kavas.
The new freighter flight between Istanbul and Billund was originally intended to an en-route stop at Billund on the freighter-s return flight from London Stansted, but it is now operated directly from Billund to Istanbul, with the ULS freighter being ferried from Tallinn, in Estonia, directly to Billund.
Serving Turkish Airlines Cargo as cargo GSSA in Scandinavia is NordicGSA that also confirms that all flights form Billund have been "almost" fully booked from the start.