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June 21, 2018 (newstodate): Norway's Haugesund Karmoy Airport, today managed by Avinor, is to have new operators from Q1, 2019.
Avinor has thus completed a process launched in November 2016 to find concessionaires to operate the state-owned airport - and new operators for a 20-year period will be the Norwegian development organization, Lufthavnsutbyggning AS in cooperation with the Norwegian regional airline Wideroe.
In 2009, plans emerged for turning Norway's Haugesund Karmoy Airport into a new center for uplift of fresh salmon exports shipments to the US market.
The plans were driven by Martin Laurhammer, General Manager of one of the airport's coming new operators, Lufthavnsutbyggning AS.
About 15 percent of the total production of Norwegian salmon is harvested by two companies in this region, and these volumes are currently trucked to Oslo Gardermoen Airport or to continental airports for uplift to the world markets.
The runway of Haugesund Karmoy Airport will allow for freighter operations with aircraft the size of Boeing 757 lifting up to 40 tonnes of cargo without weight penalty.
Avinor has thus completed a process launched in November 2016 to find concessionaires to operate the state-owned airport - and new operators for a 20-year period will be the Norwegian development organization, Lufthavnsutbyggning AS in cooperation with the Norwegian regional airline Wideroe.
In 2009, plans emerged for turning Norway's Haugesund Karmoy Airport into a new center for uplift of fresh salmon exports shipments to the US market.
The plans were driven by Martin Laurhammer, General Manager of one of the airport's coming new operators, Lufthavnsutbyggning AS.
About 15 percent of the total production of Norwegian salmon is harvested by two companies in this region, and these volumes are currently trucked to Oslo Gardermoen Airport or to continental airports for uplift to the world markets.
The runway of Haugesund Karmoy Airport will allow for freighter operations with aircraft the size of Boeing 757 lifting up to 40 tonnes of cargo without weight penalty.