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Sep 17, 2018 (newstodate): While Avinor is focusing on attracting ever more cargo traffic to serve Norway's seafood exporters at Oslo Airport, other industry forces are working on a freighter project to serve the country's seafood industries in the north of the country.
Plans are to set up a freighter service at Evenes Airport with direct flights to China starting in 2019.
One key driver in the project is the Norwegian company Pole Position Logistics working to establish flights by a yet-unnamed carrier flying in with a Boeing 777F from another European airport and continuing to Beijing or Shanghai after the call at Evenes Airport.
-After the news was first published, we have been contacted by several airlines airing interest in the project, and talks will now be conducted to identify the best alternative, says Stig Winther, Pole Position Logistics.
-We envisage a cooperation with a Boeing 777F operator that will depart from a European airport with, say, half of the capacity on board and route the aircraft through Evenes to fill up the aircraft with Norwegian salmon, thus involving only a short leg of transfer to Norway.
-The volumes are there: in 2007 production of fresh salmon in North Norway was 50,000 tonnes. In 2017, this volume had grown to 500,000 tonnes, and with Evenes Airport close to the production sites the exports can reach destinations in China without wasting time on trucking into Oslo or continental airports. These benefits are convincing and seafood exporters will be keen to exploit the potentials.
-Price per kilo salmon lifted out of Evenes on a direct freighter will be somewhat higher than today's levels, but other costs will be avoided including trucking and repeated handling operations - and benefits from a longer shelf-life are evident.
-The project involves a wide range of issues to be tackled, but we have come off to a good start with an overwhelming reception in the market and great interest from all sides involved. The new service is thus planned to start some time in 2019, says Mr Winther.
Plans are to set up a freighter service at Evenes Airport with direct flights to China starting in 2019.
One key driver in the project is the Norwegian company Pole Position Logistics working to establish flights by a yet-unnamed carrier flying in with a Boeing 777F from another European airport and continuing to Beijing or Shanghai after the call at Evenes Airport.
-After the news was first published, we have been contacted by several airlines airing interest in the project, and talks will now be conducted to identify the best alternative, says Stig Winther, Pole Position Logistics.
-We envisage a cooperation with a Boeing 777F operator that will depart from a European airport with, say, half of the capacity on board and route the aircraft through Evenes to fill up the aircraft with Norwegian salmon, thus involving only a short leg of transfer to Norway.
-The volumes are there: in 2007 production of fresh salmon in North Norway was 50,000 tonnes. In 2017, this volume had grown to 500,000 tonnes, and with Evenes Airport close to the production sites the exports can reach destinations in China without wasting time on trucking into Oslo or continental airports. These benefits are convincing and seafood exporters will be keen to exploit the potentials.
-Price per kilo salmon lifted out of Evenes on a direct freighter will be somewhat higher than today's levels, but other costs will be avoided including trucking and repeated handling operations - and benefits from a longer shelf-life are evident.
-The project involves a wide range of issues to be tackled, but we have come off to a good start with an overwhelming reception in the market and great interest from all sides involved. The new service is thus planned to start some time in 2019, says Mr Winther.