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Copenhagen enjoys steady growth
DENMARK’SCopenhagen airport says it is making a targeted effort to growby continuing to strengthen its position as a cargo hub for northern European traffic. Given the strong growth forecast in air
freight during the next fewyears, the airport expects to be handling a throughput of about onemillion tonnes a year by 2029. The expansion is already visible, a
spokesman said, as capacity has increased by 400 tonnes everyweek in September alone. “We aremaking targeted efforts to
First A330-200 freighter arrives at Turkish Cargo
TURKISHAirlines took delivery of its firstA330-200 freighter at the end of September. The aircraft is capable of carrying 65 tonnes of cargo over a range of 7,400kmor 70 tonnes over 5,900km. The freighter, one of two
scheduled to join the carrier by the beginning of 2011, will be used on long-haul routes fromthe carrier’s hub at IstanbulAtaturk International airport to Shanghai and Hong Kong. Joining the Turkish Cargo freighter
fleet of fourA310Fs, the arrival of the firstA330-200 freightermarks a new era in services at Turkish Cargo, the carrier said.
The aircraft will bring better
payloads at a reduced operating cost, and will improve connectivity in the flight network. The additional capacity and
increased frequencies will help build the presence of Turkish Cargo in the high-growthAsian and European freightmarkets,mainly in China. Throughout the economic crisis in
2009, Turkishmaintained its position as one of the fastest-growing airlines in Europe, increasing its cargo volumes by 19.6 percent. This success continued in the first
half of 2010, with a 49.6 percent improvement seen in freight flown.
Strong Frankfurt pleads for expansion
ACCORDINGto the latest figures available fromGermany’s Frankfurt- Main airport, the gateway processed 185,372 tonnes of freight inAugust, an 18.4 percent increase over the same time last year. In fact, Frankfurt-Main sawits
busiest-everAugust in terms of air freight processed and the result
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represents a continuing trend of double-digit year-on-year growth in cargo volumes at the airport. Stefan Schulte, executive board
chairman of airport operator Fraport, commented:“Nowthatwe are back on a steady growth course, Frankfurt’s capacity expansion ismore urgent than ever.”
support the growth in air cargo,” confirmedOleWiethChristensen, director of airline sales and route development atCopenhagenAirports. In order to support the steadily
growing cargo activity,Christensen points out that the airport has developed a dedicatedCargo City concept. He remarked:
“This plan has now found a home in a building ofmore than 26,000m2 whichwe lease to companieswith airport-related business and service functions.” The building is located at the north
Christensen notes “huge
cargo potential”
end of the airport, only 8kmfromcentral Copenhagen and 25kmfromcentral Malmö. “This ideal logistics location combinedwith the airport’s services is unrivalled anywhere in Scandinavia,” Christensen concluded. Copenhagen airport currently handles
15weekly B747-400 and B777 freighter operations by SingaporeAirlinesCargo, KoreanAirCargo,AirChinaCargo and ChinaCargoAirlines. September sawKoreanAir,AirChina
andChinaCargoAirlines each add one extraweekly frequency to their services.
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