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Feb 15, 2017 (newstodate): Norway's seafood air logistics will get a fresh injection with the launch of a new dedicated freighter service at Lakselv.
At a meeting on February 13, 2017, at Lakselv Airport, between Avinor and seafood industry stakeholders, the decision was finalized to launch freighter flights from Lakselv to Oslo Gardermoen Airport from late March 2017, with freighter capacity from DHL that has one Airbus A300F otherwise standing idle at Oslo during daytime.
Offering some 40 tonnes of cargo capacity, the new service will start out with one weekly frequency on Tuesdays that are the peak days for freighter traffic at Oslo Gardermoen Airport, but the frequency of the new domestic freighter service may be increased at a later stage depending on market demands and volumes.
The country's seafood exporters including notably the exporters of king crabs will benefit from the shorter total transportation time translating into enhanced access to the global, notably Asian and US markets.
During this winter schedule, Oslo Airport is seeing 12 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 as well as Cargolux with one weekly flight from November 1, 2016, flying in from New York and continuing to Luxembourg with connections to the carrier's global freighter network.
The freighters complement the belly capacity of Qatar Airways' daily passenger flights since October 5, 2011, and Emirates' five weekly passenger flights from Oslo.
At a meeting on February 13, 2017, at Lakselv Airport, between Avinor and seafood industry stakeholders, the decision was finalized to launch freighter flights from Lakselv to Oslo Gardermoen Airport from late March 2017, with freighter capacity from DHL that has one Airbus A300F otherwise standing idle at Oslo during daytime.
Offering some 40 tonnes of cargo capacity, the new service will start out with one weekly frequency on Tuesdays that are the peak days for freighter traffic at Oslo Gardermoen Airport, but the frequency of the new domestic freighter service may be increased at a later stage depending on market demands and volumes.
The country's seafood exporters including notably the exporters of king crabs will benefit from the shorter total transportation time translating into enhanced access to the global, notably Asian and US markets.
During this winter schedule, Oslo Airport is seeing 12 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 as well as Cargolux with one weekly flight from November 1, 2016, flying in from New York and continuing to Luxembourg with connections to the carrier's global freighter network.
The freighters complement the belly capacity of Qatar Airways' daily passenger flights since October 5, 2011, and Emirates' five weekly passenger flights from Oslo.