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Aug 21, 2017 (newstodate): Riga Airport is not entirely supporting newstodate's report on August 12, 2017 about the impact from the start of Turkish Cargo's new freighter service between Istanbul and Riga Airport.
"TK Cargo freighters at Helsinki and Riga: a shift in traffic?" was the headline of newstodate's story that has drawn a written comment from Riga.
newstodate reported that industry sources suggest that besides serving the Baltic markets, the introduction of Turkish Cargo freighter flights at Riga Airport actually shifts much cargo earlier trucked into Helsinki from the Baltic and neighboring markets from Helsinki to Riga.
-We would like to point out that Riga International Airport sees no direct link between the Helsinki cargo flow and the Turkish Cargo IstanbulRiga route, since a different business area is served by this flight, says Laura Karnite, Riga Int'l Airport Head of Communications Unit.
-Cargo statistics suggest that the launch of this flight from Riga has already contributed to the attraction of new aviation cargo flows to Latvia and the Baltic States as a whole.
-It is too early to analyse the dynamics of aviation cargo in Riga in connection with new freighter flight, however, Latvian businesses are very interested in Turkish Cargo flights from Riga, says Ms Karnite.
"TK Cargo freighters at Helsinki and Riga: a shift in traffic?" was the headline of newstodate's story that has drawn a written comment from Riga.
newstodate reported that industry sources suggest that besides serving the Baltic markets, the introduction of Turkish Cargo freighter flights at Riga Airport actually shifts much cargo earlier trucked into Helsinki from the Baltic and neighboring markets from Helsinki to Riga.
-We would like to point out that Riga International Airport sees no direct link between the Helsinki cargo flow and the Turkish Cargo IstanbulRiga route, since a different business area is served by this flight, says Laura Karnite, Riga Int'l Airport Head of Communications Unit.
-Cargo statistics suggest that the launch of this flight from Riga has already contributed to the attraction of new aviation cargo flows to Latvia and the Baltic States as a whole.
-It is too early to analyse the dynamics of aviation cargo in Riga in connection with new freighter flight, however, Latvian businesses are very interested in Turkish Cargo flights from Riga, says Ms Karnite.