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NOV 12, 2004 (newstodate): The Danish textile industry, with companies located around Billund Airport, is warming up in an effort to attract airline operators to include Billund Airport in their traffic networks.
-Our customers include several major Danish textile companies, and we are convinced that a freighter service from the Far East with production sites in China, Korea and India to Billund Airport would be immediately rewarded with a great chance of success, says Michael Fog Pedersen, ALPI Denmark airfreight manager.
-The textile industry today needs logistics, rather than mere transportation. Before, the industry had mainly two annual peaks, requiring transportation of summer and winter collections. Now the trend is rather towards six or eight peaks evenly distributed over the year as importers now distribute textile clothings directly to individual retailers' shops in a continuous flow. And the textile market is constantly growing as not only women, but today also men increasingly demand fashion products.
-It is becoming increasingly difficult to secure uplift capacity from the Far East, and we end up with having our shipments flown into a range of continental hubs for onward trucking to Scandinavia. A direct freighter service would significantly increase logistics quality and efficiency, and evidence from our customers tells a convincing story. What we need is a close dialogue with interested parties among the airline operators, says Mr Pedersen.
-Our customers include several major Danish textile companies, and we are convinced that a freighter service from the Far East with production sites in China, Korea and India to Billund Airport would be immediately rewarded with a great chance of success, says Michael Fog Pedersen, ALPI Denmark airfreight manager.
-The textile industry today needs logistics, rather than mere transportation. Before, the industry had mainly two annual peaks, requiring transportation of summer and winter collections. Now the trend is rather towards six or eight peaks evenly distributed over the year as importers now distribute textile clothings directly to individual retailers' shops in a continuous flow. And the textile market is constantly growing as not only women, but today also men increasingly demand fashion products.
-It is becoming increasingly difficult to secure uplift capacity from the Far East, and we end up with having our shipments flown into a range of continental hubs for onward trucking to Scandinavia. A direct freighter service would significantly increase logistics quality and efficiency, and evidence from our customers tells a convincing story. What we need is a close dialogue with interested parties among the airline operators, says Mr Pedersen.