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Aug 17, 2011 (newstodate): Norway's Oslo Gardermoen Airport saw its cargo volumes up by 11.1 percent, y-o-y, to a total of 7,507 tonnes in July 2011. A strong performance - but maybe figures are slightly misleading.
Part of the growth may be attributed to the fact that until last year, Oslo's airport statistics were marred by the lack of volumes from some of even the more important carriers, like Thai Airways International and others.
This has now been corrected, and on the positive side net increases are contributed by the return by SAS of its route between Oslo and New York.
Another main newcomer to Oslo Gardermoen airport in 2011 will be Qatar Airways from October 5, 2011, but the bulk of the airport's international cargo will still be generated by Korean Air Cargo's three weekly freighter flights between Oslo and Incheon Airport.
-While volumes are growing, even allowing for the corrections in the statistics, Oslo Gardermoen Airport remains limited in cargo compared to Copenhagen Airport and Stockholm Arlanda Airport. Competition in cargo handling is therefore also less intensive, with Spirit Air Cargo Handling and Roadfeeders basically alone in the market besides DHL Aviation that provides self-handling, says an industry source.
-Setting up airside cargo handling is rather expensive so with the airport's limited volumes few newcomers are expected in the cargo handling business. It is known that WFS has been sniffing at Oslo Gardermoen, and Latvia's North Hub Services has also aired visions of setting up here. But in the end nothing has happened, he says.
As for handling of Qatar Airlines, no contract has been signed yet, the source says.
Part of the growth may be attributed to the fact that until last year, Oslo's airport statistics were marred by the lack of volumes from some of even the more important carriers, like Thai Airways International and others.
This has now been corrected, and on the positive side net increases are contributed by the return by SAS of its route between Oslo and New York.
Another main newcomer to Oslo Gardermoen airport in 2011 will be Qatar Airways from October 5, 2011, but the bulk of the airport's international cargo will still be generated by Korean Air Cargo's three weekly freighter flights between Oslo and Incheon Airport.
-While volumes are growing, even allowing for the corrections in the statistics, Oslo Gardermoen Airport remains limited in cargo compared to Copenhagen Airport and Stockholm Arlanda Airport. Competition in cargo handling is therefore also less intensive, with Spirit Air Cargo Handling and Roadfeeders basically alone in the market besides DHL Aviation that provides self-handling, says an industry source.
-Setting up airside cargo handling is rather expensive so with the airport's limited volumes few newcomers are expected in the cargo handling business. It is known that WFS has been sniffing at Oslo Gardermoen, and Latvia's North Hub Services has also aired visions of setting up here. But in the end nothing has happened, he says.
As for handling of Qatar Airlines, no contract has been signed yet, the source says.