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Apr 28, 2023 (newstodate): Swedavia has launched plans for establishing a Cargo City adjacent to the country's capital Stockholm Arlanda Airport.
For a start, Swedavia has dedicated an area spanning 144,400 m2 to the purpose, opening up for construction of facilities to serving air cargo and logistics providers with ample space for handling and office purposes within a secured area.
Swedavia's Real Estate company is now scanning the market for investors and contractors to join the project on long-term contracts in the form of JVs.
Sweden's Stockholm Arlanda Airport exited 2022 with a positive all-year growth in flown volumes by 2.2 percent, y-o-y.
A total of 103,518 tonnes of flown cargo was handled during January-December 2022, including 62,624 tonnes of exports that were up by 9.8 percent, and 40,893 tonnes of imports that were, however, down by 7.7 percent, y-o-y.
However, presenting the new Cargo City vision, Swedavia's own homepage candidly claims Stockholm Airport to be handling about 250,000 tonnes of cargo annually...