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Apr 12, 2018 (newstodate): Last year's airline complaints about problems with Norwegian seafood forwarders' no-shows, late-shows and other deviations with deliveries of booked shipments seem to have had an effect.
Among others, the complaints were aired by SAS Cargo's CEO, Leif Rasmussen, at the Schenker Seafood Air Logistics Seminar 2017, in Oslo.
-We operate our intercontinental flights with Airbus A340/A330 aircraft lifting about 20 tonnes of cargo. We are happy to fill the cargo space with seafood shipments, but the industry is plagued with late cancellations and no-shows that have a direct, negative influence on revenues.
-The absence of 4,000 kg of booked cargo per departure translates into 20 percent of aircraft cargo capacity. If 20 percent of the booked shipments do not arrive as planned, we will lift off with 20 percent of empty space. We cannot of course take in other last-minute shipments to outbalance the shortfall of booked seafood. And I can assure you that we do not make 20 percent in revenues on seafood, Mr Rasmussen said.
Confronted with the issue at this year's Schenker Seafood Air Logistics Seminar in Oslo on April 11, Knut Eriksmoen, Schenker Norway CEO, had this to say:
-We are now seeing more capacity and a better performance in the market. Also we are seeing less deviation on the part of the forwarders in fulfilling the requirements pertaining to their bookings.
-Having said that, part of the industry has still much to learn from the bigger players, but we are seeing an over-all improvement in the behavior and performance.
-This includes also the issue of rates, where part of the industry is getting more mature, accepting that airlines require a fair improvement in yields to uphold freighter operations, rather than shopping around for the last dime, Mr Eriksmoen said.
Among others, the complaints were aired by SAS Cargo's CEO, Leif Rasmussen, at the Schenker Seafood Air Logistics Seminar 2017, in Oslo.
-We operate our intercontinental flights with Airbus A340/A330 aircraft lifting about 20 tonnes of cargo. We are happy to fill the cargo space with seafood shipments, but the industry is plagued with late cancellations and no-shows that have a direct, negative influence on revenues.
-The absence of 4,000 kg of booked cargo per departure translates into 20 percent of aircraft cargo capacity. If 20 percent of the booked shipments do not arrive as planned, we will lift off with 20 percent of empty space. We cannot of course take in other last-minute shipments to outbalance the shortfall of booked seafood. And I can assure you that we do not make 20 percent in revenues on seafood, Mr Rasmussen said.
Confronted with the issue at this year's Schenker Seafood Air Logistics Seminar in Oslo on April 11, Knut Eriksmoen, Schenker Norway CEO, had this to say:
-We are now seeing more capacity and a better performance in the market. Also we are seeing less deviation on the part of the forwarders in fulfilling the requirements pertaining to their bookings.
-Having said that, part of the industry has still much to learn from the bigger players, but we are seeing an over-all improvement in the behavior and performance.
-This includes also the issue of rates, where part of the industry is getting more mature, accepting that airlines require a fair improvement in yields to uphold freighter operations, rather than shopping around for the last dime, Mr Eriksmoen said.