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May 02, 2018 (newstodate): Lufthansa Cargo is a major player in the Norwegian market with belly capacity on passenger aircraft, scheduled trucks to the hub at Frankfurt, and a freighter at Stavanger.
Still, the company has yet to prove its dedication to Norway's booming seafood industry.
-We do carry seafood in belly compartments, and we truck shipments including also seafood to our hub at Frankfurt - but we would certainly like to snatch a larger bite of the country's ever-growing seafood market, says Rolf Carlsson, Lufthansa Cargo Country Manager Norway from April 1, 2018.
-We do have an appetite for Norway's seafood exports, but I readily admit that we need to work more intensively on this and I will certainly see to it that we develop a new and more aggressive strategy in consultation with the industry over the coming months.
-One issue to be tackled is the capacity on the once-weekly Lufthansa Cargo Boeing 777F freighter flying into Stavanger from Houston since November 2014 with shipments for the oil & gas industries, and returning largely empty from Stavanger to Frankfurt. We should of course intensify the marketing of this capacity if there is an interest among forwarders. Already today we have trucks connecting to this freighter and this can be further developed.
-In the longer perspective, I do not however see a solid future in the Norwegian seafood market for point-to-point freighter services due to the intense pressure on rates. Rather we should optimize the utilization of belly capacity on passenger aircraft, and here Lufthansa is currently offering capacity on five daily flights from Oslo to Frankfurt, three daily flights to Munich, and two daily flights to Vienna on three weekdays - all in addition to trucking to our hub, says Mr Carlsson.
Still, the company has yet to prove its dedication to Norway's booming seafood industry.
-We do carry seafood in belly compartments, and we truck shipments including also seafood to our hub at Frankfurt - but we would certainly like to snatch a larger bite of the country's ever-growing seafood market, says Rolf Carlsson, Lufthansa Cargo Country Manager Norway from April 1, 2018.
-We do have an appetite for Norway's seafood exports, but I readily admit that we need to work more intensively on this and I will certainly see to it that we develop a new and more aggressive strategy in consultation with the industry over the coming months.
-One issue to be tackled is the capacity on the once-weekly Lufthansa Cargo Boeing 777F freighter flying into Stavanger from Houston since November 2014 with shipments for the oil & gas industries, and returning largely empty from Stavanger to Frankfurt. We should of course intensify the marketing of this capacity if there is an interest among forwarders. Already today we have trucks connecting to this freighter and this can be further developed.
-In the longer perspective, I do not however see a solid future in the Norwegian seafood market for point-to-point freighter services due to the intense pressure on rates. Rather we should optimize the utilization of belly capacity on passenger aircraft, and here Lufthansa is currently offering capacity on five daily flights from Oslo to Frankfurt, three daily flights to Munich, and two daily flights to Vienna on three weekdays - all in addition to trucking to our hub, says Mr Carlsson.