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21, 2004 (newstodate): In 2003, Czech airport Ostrava Mosnov Airport saw its total cargo volumes down by 18 percent to 1,291 tonnes, but the airport expects a strong increase this year.
-Our cargo traffic is almost exclusively carried on ad-hoc charter aircraft as the aircraft types operated on scheduled flights are all small turbo-props, says Libor Seidler, Ostrava Mosnov Airport deputy director.
-We are now seeing a brisk increase in charter cargo operations, so we expect to reach about 2,000 tonnes of cargo this year, 80-90 percent of which is Czech exports to destinations including Kazakhstan, India, China and the Far East, he says.
Mr Seidler still sees a future for the IL-76 at Ostrava Airport after the country's entry into the EU.
-We are a regional airport well away from urban areas, and I do not currently expect that noise regulations will force the IL-76 away from our airport, at least for the foreseeable future. But if the state so demands we will of course have to adjust to this, says Libor Seidler.
-Our cargo traffic is almost exclusively carried on ad-hoc charter aircraft as the aircraft types operated on scheduled flights are all small turbo-props, says Libor Seidler, Ostrava Mosnov Airport deputy director.
-We are now seeing a brisk increase in charter cargo operations, so we expect to reach about 2,000 tonnes of cargo this year, 80-90 percent of which is Czech exports to destinations including Kazakhstan, India, China and the Far East, he says.
Mr Seidler still sees a future for the IL-76 at Ostrava Airport after the country's entry into the EU.
-We are a regional airport well away from urban areas, and I do not currently expect that noise regulations will force the IL-76 away from our airport, at least for the foreseeable future. But if the state so demands we will of course have to adjust to this, says Libor Seidler.