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Apr 25, 2024 (newstodate): The Norwegian salmon has attracted many cargo airlines over time, but Korean Air Cargo holds the record of being the only steady provider of main-deck capacity though two decades.  
   Korean Air Cargo launched its Boeing 747-400F freighter services from Oslo to Inchon, Korea, on March 9, 2004, with one weekly flight, increasing to two from September 2004, and going up to three weekly flights from 2006 - and keeping operations going through all negative events over the years, including the global financial crisis, the Covid-19 and the current Russian war on Ukraine.
   Today, the carrier still operates three weekly cargo services from Oslo to Incheon with flights on Thursdays, Wednesdays and Fridays using Boeing 777F aircraft flying into Oslo from the carrier's European gateways.
   However, information from data provider Rotate presented at the recent Nordic Air Cargo Symposium in Stockholm, shows the strongly negative effects from the long detours on the Oslo-Incheon flights due to the closure of Russian airspace.
   The flights now require longer hours in the sky, with block hours increasing from nine to 12 on the southerly route.
   Measured on a per-kilo, per-flight basis, operational costs on the route will add some 0.47 USD per kilo; longer flying time requiring more fuel translates into payload restrictions leading to lost revenue at 0.15 USD per kilo, while the three additional block hours also add a potential loss of business opportunities through the decreased availability of the aircraft for other operations.