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Feb 11, 2010 (newstodate): The Swedish airfreight market shrank by some 30 percent in volumes in 2009 - but not for everyone.
-January and February 2009 were definitely disastrous in volumes and traffic, March proved little better, but April marked a turning point, and 2009 did indeed end on a high note for us in the Swedish air cargo market serving Singapore Airlines Cargo, says Lee Pohl, Airline Services GSA, in Stockholm.
-We can fill any space available on the carrier's freighters and passenger aircraft at Copenhagen Airport, and we even divert much cargo to flights out of Amsterdam and Brussels. In the Nordic region each market has a dedicated allotment of space, and beyond that we compete among each other for any capacity available.
-It is the clear policy of Singapore Airlines Cargo to prioritize the best-paying cargo in order to sustain profitability of operations, so we are in continuous dialogue with customers to make clear that rates and demands for specific departure time are intimately related. Which also means that we are not under-bidding the market and will abstain from a booking if we cannot make certain that it will be flown as wanted at the rate expected by the customer.
-We see a huge demand for cargo uplift especially to Singapore and Australia, and this reflects immediately on rates that are going up now. We are not too keen about shipments for China where capacity still abounds, nor for India where rates remain close to the bottom.
-Airline Services GSA expects the positive trends from 2009 to continue into 2010, and from March 6, 2010, the US-bound freighter service from Copenhagen is back again as planned. This will certainly further boost our volumes, says Ms Pohl.
-January and February 2009 were definitely disastrous in volumes and traffic, March proved little better, but April marked a turning point, and 2009 did indeed end on a high note for us in the Swedish air cargo market serving Singapore Airlines Cargo, says Lee Pohl, Airline Services GSA, in Stockholm.
-We can fill any space available on the carrier's freighters and passenger aircraft at Copenhagen Airport, and we even divert much cargo to flights out of Amsterdam and Brussels. In the Nordic region each market has a dedicated allotment of space, and beyond that we compete among each other for any capacity available.
-It is the clear policy of Singapore Airlines Cargo to prioritize the best-paying cargo in order to sustain profitability of operations, so we are in continuous dialogue with customers to make clear that rates and demands for specific departure time are intimately related. Which also means that we are not under-bidding the market and will abstain from a booking if we cannot make certain that it will be flown as wanted at the rate expected by the customer.
-We see a huge demand for cargo uplift especially to Singapore and Australia, and this reflects immediately on rates that are going up now. We are not too keen about shipments for China where capacity still abounds, nor for India where rates remain close to the bottom.
-Airline Services GSA expects the positive trends from 2009 to continue into 2010, and from March 6, 2010, the US-bound freighter service from Copenhagen is back again as planned. This will certainly further boost our volumes, says Ms Pohl.