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JUL 22, 2004 (newstodate): From this year's 4th quarter, Polar Air Cargo plans to move its European cargo hub from Liege to Amsterdam.
Polar Air currently operates three weekly flights from Schiphol Airport in Amsterdam to Chicago and New York in the United States.
According to the plan, all Polar flights operating from Li�ge will be transferred to Amsterdam, enabling Polar to serve all major global markets from Amsterdam with increased frequency.
Polar will offer four weekly flights to New York, two weekly flights to Chicago and two weekly flights to Atlanta. The Far East will be served with six weekly flights to Seoul and Taipei, with connections to Tokyo and Hong Kong. In addition, Polar will serve the Middle East and India with two weekly flights from Amsterdam to Dubai, Bombay and Madras.
The hub will be fed with cargo not only through an extensive pan-European road feeder system, but also by flights from other European Polar stations like Prestwick in the United Kingdom and Gothenburg in Sweden.
-This decision makes sense both from an operational and a financial standpoint. Operationally, we expect to enhance our service quality considerably thanks to the well-developed infrastructure at Schiphol Airport. Financially, our projections show that the move will result in both decreased overall cost and increased revenue because of Amsterdam's central location to Europe's main air cargo markets, says Hendrik Falk, Polar Air Cargo VP Sales for Europe, Middle East, India and Africa.
Polar Air currently operates three weekly flights from Schiphol Airport in Amsterdam to Chicago and New York in the United States.
According to the plan, all Polar flights operating from Li�ge will be transferred to Amsterdam, enabling Polar to serve all major global markets from Amsterdam with increased frequency.
Polar will offer four weekly flights to New York, two weekly flights to Chicago and two weekly flights to Atlanta. The Far East will be served with six weekly flights to Seoul and Taipei, with connections to Tokyo and Hong Kong. In addition, Polar will serve the Middle East and India with two weekly flights from Amsterdam to Dubai, Bombay and Madras.
The hub will be fed with cargo not only through an extensive pan-European road feeder system, but also by flights from other European Polar stations like Prestwick in the United Kingdom and Gothenburg in Sweden.
-This decision makes sense both from an operational and a financial standpoint. Operationally, we expect to enhance our service quality considerably thanks to the well-developed infrastructure at Schiphol Airport. Financially, our projections show that the move will result in both decreased overall cost and increased revenue because of Amsterdam's central location to Europe's main air cargo markets, says Hendrik Falk, Polar Air Cargo VP Sales for Europe, Middle East, India and Africa.