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Sep 29, 2016 (newstodate): Billund Airport will get a significant boost in cargo as Turkish Cargo adds its second freighter operation by the start of the new winter schedule.
-We are seeing extremely good results in 2016 from our Sunday freighter operation between Billund and Istanbul, launched on April 10, 2016, and will now further expand our business here with a Thursday operation starting by early November, says Cem Kavas, Turkish Airlines Regional Cargo Manager Denmark.
-While the Sunday operation will remain a dedicated flight between Billund and Istanbul with an Airbus A310-300F freighter wet-leased from ULS Airlines Cargo, the Thursday flight will be shared with Amsterdam on a routing Istanbul-Amsterdam-Billund-Istanbul, operated with our own Airbus A330-200F aircraft which will of course increase the total capacity thrown into the market.
-With the addition of the second freighter frequency we are also compensating for the shortfall of capacity on Turkish Airlines' passenger flights that have been reduced both in Denmark and in Germany. We see a strong demand for air cargo in these markets and wish to expand accordingly.
-Billund Airport is ideally located to serving not only the Danish market, but also Northern Germany, notably the Hamburg area as well as Northern Europe as a whole.
-Cargo will be trucked into Billund from the Hamburg area, but we are also marketing our service to salmon exporters in Norway and the Faroe Islands where shipments will be sailed into harbors close to Billund and trucked into the airport for uplift via Istanbul to the 250 destinations on the route map of Turkish Airlines.
-To secure a close relationship between Turkish Cargo and the local markets, we have appointed a Turkish Cargo Station Manager, and on the sales side we are extremely satisfied with the services of our GSSA, NordicGSA that is a highly experienced and customer-oriented partner for us, says Mr Kavas.
-We are seeing extremely good results in 2016 from our Sunday freighter operation between Billund and Istanbul, launched on April 10, 2016, and will now further expand our business here with a Thursday operation starting by early November, says Cem Kavas, Turkish Airlines Regional Cargo Manager Denmark.
-While the Sunday operation will remain a dedicated flight between Billund and Istanbul with an Airbus A310-300F freighter wet-leased from ULS Airlines Cargo, the Thursday flight will be shared with Amsterdam on a routing Istanbul-Amsterdam-Billund-Istanbul, operated with our own Airbus A330-200F aircraft which will of course increase the total capacity thrown into the market.
-With the addition of the second freighter frequency we are also compensating for the shortfall of capacity on Turkish Airlines' passenger flights that have been reduced both in Denmark and in Germany. We see a strong demand for air cargo in these markets and wish to expand accordingly.
-Billund Airport is ideally located to serving not only the Danish market, but also Northern Germany, notably the Hamburg area as well as Northern Europe as a whole.
-Cargo will be trucked into Billund from the Hamburg area, but we are also marketing our service to salmon exporters in Norway and the Faroe Islands where shipments will be sailed into harbors close to Billund and trucked into the airport for uplift via Istanbul to the 250 destinations on the route map of Turkish Airlines.
-To secure a close relationship between Turkish Cargo and the local markets, we have appointed a Turkish Cargo Station Manager, and on the sales side we are extremely satisfied with the services of our GSSA, NordicGSA that is a highly experienced and customer-oriented partner for us, says Mr Kavas.