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Mar 23, 2021 (newstodate): Flown cargo at Norway's Oslo Airport did drop 7.3 percent, y-o-y, in 2021 - but remains an industrial success story..
A total of 167,352 tonnes of flown cargo was handled at the airport, of which 110,000 were seafood shipments on up to 70 weekly freighter and all-cargo flights, while a record was set on May 2, 2020, with the handling of no less than 13 freighter and all-cargo operations.
In addition to the volumes of seafood cargo, the Covid-19 also generated the handling of 13,000 m3 of PPE and medical equipment at Oslo Airport.
The single largest cargo carrier at Oslo Airport in 2020 was Qatar Airways with up to 27 weekly, and often up to six daily flights at the airport.
The first passenger aircraft flight by Qatar Airways to Oslo was performed on October 5, 2011, and starting from January 29, 2013, Qatar Airways Cargo introduced its first freighter service at Oslo Airport.
According to Norwegian media citing Avinor, Qatar Airways in 2020 lifted 43,446 tonnes of seafood from Oslo to Doha for onward transfer; Together, Korean Air and Ethiopian lifted 15,170 tonnes; Emirates accounted for 14,350 tonnes into Dubai; together, CAL and El Al flew 8,464 tonnes into Tel Aviv; Silk Way West lifted 6,060 tonnes out of Oslo; and Turkish Airlines accounted for uplift of 5,393 tonnes.