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Feb 15, 2022 (newstodate): Last year, Sweden's Stockholm Airport saw its total flown cargo volumes rising 17.7 percent, y-o-y, and the airport has come off to a good start in 2022 as well.
   In January 2022, the airport thus handled a total of 8,641 tonnes of cargo, which was an increase by 27.6 percent over 2021.
   In January 2022, the airport's international cargo accounted for 8,480 tonnes, of which imports were 3,325 tonnes, up 13 percent, y-o-y, while flown export air cargo volumes at 5,255 tonnes were up no less than 39 percent.
   Behind the encouraging statistics are - not least - Finnair's allocation from October 2021 of wide-body aircraft to serve US and Asian routes from Stockholm Arlanda as its new hub outside the home turf. This had an immediate impact on the cargo statistics, with volumes rising from October 2021.
   Finnair launched services on the route from Stockholm to New York EWR from December 7, 2021, with three weekly rotations, alongside flights to Los Angeles starting from November 3, 2021, also with three weekly rotations, and adding flights from Stockholm to Miami from October 4, 2021, with four weekly rotations, going up to four rotations from November 29, 2021.
   In summer 2022 season, Finnair is even to increase the frequencies on the US-bound routes; from May 1, 2022, Finnair will fly from Stockholm Arlanda to New York daily, and to Los Angeles four times a week.
   With the opening of long haul flights from Stockholm Airport, Finnair has become the airport's leading long haul flights operator, beating SAS that traditionally  held the position.
   In the Swedish market, North Air Logistics provides Finnair with cargo GSSA services, while handling of Finnair Cargo is provided by Terminal & Transporttjanst, TT-Terminal .