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Jun 21, 2023 (newstodate): Denmark's Aalborg Airport, in the north of the country's Jutland peninsula, has long nourished hopes for a role in the air cargo industry.
   Now, a first glimpse of hope is brought by the Icelandair LCC PLAY that has opened a new route connecting Keflavik and Aalborg from June 10, 2023, offering two weekly rotations until the end of the current summer '23 schedule.
   The route offers new potentials for Icelandic seafood exports, and driving this process is a cooperation between Aalborg Airport and the Danish logistics company Blue Water Shipping, aiming also at the e-trade market in addition to the seafood business.
   In 2021, Aalborg Airport decided on a strategy for air cargo as a complement to the continuous development of its passenger route network.
   -We will focus on the role of Aalborg and Aalborg Airport as a hub for traffic between Denmark of the North Atlantic region including Greenland, Iceland and the Faroe Islands, Niels Hemmingsen, Aalborg Airport CEO, told newstodate in July 2021.
   -Developing the air cargo services will support the profitability and sustainability of passenger air traffic, which will remain our prime focus area. And a market survey conducted by external experts has proved that the region of northern Jutland has a strong demand for air cargo solutions aiming at the North Atlantic markets. Today, shipments are trucked from the region into other airports, but much cargo like e.g. perishables would benefit greatly from a direct uplift solution.
   -Especially Greenland is a target for us with the coming new airport infrastructure including an Atlantic airport at Nuuk by end of 2022. This would open up new opportunities for us, and we are to present our business case to airlines including Icelandair, Atlantic Airways and of course Air Greenland as well as to all other stakeholders in the air cargo industry, mr Hemmingsen said.
   The airport proved its capabilities in air cargo during the corona pandemic, handling a major all-cargo operation on May 26, 2021, chartered and managed by Blue Water, comprising one Etihad Airways Boeing 777-300ER all-cargo flight flying in with 60 tonnes of cargo from Malaysia and returning to Abu Dhabi with 50 tonnes of exports, succeeded the day after by one TUI Boeing 787 all-cargo flight with another 30 tonnes of shipments sourced from Malaysia.