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Nov 18, 2019 (newstodate): Cargo figures from the Faroe Islands' Vagar Airport may cause depression in the dark winter season..
During the first 10 months of this year, volumes have dropped 25.4 percent, to only 1,004 tonnes, and in October alone volumes were down 29.3 percent to 93 tonnes.
Mail volumes performed less dramatically, down 5.9 percent, y-o-y, to 196 tonnes during the period.
Introducing competition in the market, SAS started operating the route between Vagar and Copenhagen from March 26, 2017, with a total of 12 weekly flights with Airbus A320 aircraft, in competition to Atlantic Airways that had so far been alone on the route with a daily rotation.
From October 27, 2019, SAS is operating six weekly rotations on the route, up 41 percent in capacity over last year's flight program, and during peak seasons, SAS is operating nine weekly rotations.
During the first 10 months of this year, volumes have dropped 25.4 percent, to only 1,004 tonnes, and in October alone volumes were down 29.3 percent to 93 tonnes.
Mail volumes performed less dramatically, down 5.9 percent, y-o-y, to 196 tonnes during the period.
Introducing competition in the market, SAS started operating the route between Vagar and Copenhagen from March 26, 2017, with a total of 12 weekly flights with Airbus A320 aircraft, in competition to Atlantic Airways that had so far been alone on the route with a daily rotation.
From October 27, 2019, SAS is operating six weekly rotations on the route, up 41 percent in capacity over last year's flight program, and during peak seasons, SAS is operating nine weekly rotations.