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Sep 12, 2017 (newstodate): With the launch of new freighter operations to serve the Norwegian seafood export market, DHL is now adding to the cargo uplift capacity at Oslo Airport.
With the first flight on September 8, 2017, DHL Freight Forwarding introduced a twice-weekly freighter service from Oslo Airport to Seoul, continuing to Shanghai using an Atlas Air Boeing 747-400F aircraft, connecting to its freighter service from Lakselv to Oslo, inaugurated on May 23, 2017, with an Airbus A330F from DHL and later expanded to twice-weekly services.
-But in contrast to other freighter options at Oslo Airport, DHL's services are however restricted to DHL's own customers, allowing access to no other companies or forwarders, says a well-placed industry source at Oslo.
-This way, DHL operates in the market both as an airline and as a forwarder with full control over its product as is the case with DHL's daily Airbus A300F flights from Oslo to Leipzig. In theory this capacity is also open to anyone in the market, but in reality the service is restricted to DHL's own customers.
-Besides, the new freighter operations to South Korea and Shanghai are conceived as round-the-world flights which entails many causes for potential snags and delays, compared to dedicated direct non-stop services from Oslo Airport.
-Temperature-sensitive seafood air logistics require strict adherence to on-time performance leaving little leeway in operations. Competition is always welcome but DHL's new offering will hardly have a deep impact on the industry at Oslo Airport, says the source whose identity is of course known to newstodate.
With the first flight on September 8, 2017, DHL Freight Forwarding introduced a twice-weekly freighter service from Oslo Airport to Seoul, continuing to Shanghai using an Atlas Air Boeing 747-400F aircraft, connecting to its freighter service from Lakselv to Oslo, inaugurated on May 23, 2017, with an Airbus A330F from DHL and later expanded to twice-weekly services.
-But in contrast to other freighter options at Oslo Airport, DHL's services are however restricted to DHL's own customers, allowing access to no other companies or forwarders, says a well-placed industry source at Oslo.
-This way, DHL operates in the market both as an airline and as a forwarder with full control over its product as is the case with DHL's daily Airbus A300F flights from Oslo to Leipzig. In theory this capacity is also open to anyone in the market, but in reality the service is restricted to DHL's own customers.
-Besides, the new freighter operations to South Korea and Shanghai are conceived as round-the-world flights which entails many causes for potential snags and delays, compared to dedicated direct non-stop services from Oslo Airport.
-Temperature-sensitive seafood air logistics require strict adherence to on-time performance leaving little leeway in operations. Competition is always welcome but DHL's new offering will hardly have a deep impact on the industry at Oslo Airport, says the source whose identity is of course known to newstodate.