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May 1, 2018 (newstodate): Stakeholders in the seafood industry will not abandon hopes for cargo uplift directly out of Northern Norway, pointing to the availability of three international airports in the region.
The three airports, managed by Avinor, are the airports at Eveness, Bodoe and Lakselv, all with runways around 2,800m.
-In principle, I would say that Evenes Airport would be capable of serving a fully-loaded seafood freighter when it comes to factors including runway, apron, fueling and other services, but it would eventually be up to an airline to decide if Evenes Airport lives up to its operational requirements, said Anne-Britt Bakken, Evenes Airport Manager, as reported by newstodate on April 26, 2018.
The second airport in the northern part of Norway, Bodo Airport is also airing restraints on the suggested role as a point of departure for seafood freighter operations to Asia.
-Avinor is currently amid a process to lay the ground for construction of an entirely new airport at Bodo, expected to be commissioned by 2025-26, says Ove Hofstad, Bodo Airport Manager.
-Plans are currently being worked out for a new airport, the final proposal will be presented by 2020 and before that we cannot know what the future will bring.
-As matters are now, we are not certified to handling of a scheduled large aircraft such as the Boeing 747, and any such operation would require a a special permit. We have the capacity of handling aircraft to the size of Airbus A330 but only under emergency conditions.
-Although the airport has sufficient runway capacity, a fully loaded large freighter aircraft would also require special apron facilities, fueling capacity and GSE, so we would not be able to operate such flights without major preparations.
-As for the coming new Bodo Airport, air cargo does indeed constitute one element to be taken into account and I would certainly hope that this will become part of the coming new business case.
-This will, however, require support from the market, also in the form of investments in cargo terminals and other pertinent infrastructure, says Mr Hofstad.
The three airports, managed by Avinor, are the airports at Eveness, Bodoe and Lakselv, all with runways around 2,800m.
-In principle, I would say that Evenes Airport would be capable of serving a fully-loaded seafood freighter when it comes to factors including runway, apron, fueling and other services, but it would eventually be up to an airline to decide if Evenes Airport lives up to its operational requirements, said Anne-Britt Bakken, Evenes Airport Manager, as reported by newstodate on April 26, 2018.
The second airport in the northern part of Norway, Bodo Airport is also airing restraints on the suggested role as a point of departure for seafood freighter operations to Asia.
-Avinor is currently amid a process to lay the ground for construction of an entirely new airport at Bodo, expected to be commissioned by 2025-26, says Ove Hofstad, Bodo Airport Manager.
-Plans are currently being worked out for a new airport, the final proposal will be presented by 2020 and before that we cannot know what the future will bring.
-As matters are now, we are not certified to handling of a scheduled large aircraft such as the Boeing 747, and any such operation would require a a special permit. We have the capacity of handling aircraft to the size of Airbus A330 but only under emergency conditions.
-Although the airport has sufficient runway capacity, a fully loaded large freighter aircraft would also require special apron facilities, fueling capacity and GSE, so we would not be able to operate such flights without major preparations.
-As for the coming new Bodo Airport, air cargo does indeed constitute one element to be taken into account and I would certainly hope that this will become part of the coming new business case.
-This will, however, require support from the market, also in the form of investments in cargo terminals and other pertinent infrastructure, says Mr Hofstad.