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Jun 11, 2024 (newstodate): For the fifth consecutive month with positive growth in 2024, flown cargo volumes were again rising at Oslo Airport in May.
   A total of 15,523 tonnes of cargo was handled by the airport, an increase by 13 percent, y-o-y, with flown international cargo volumes accounting for 14,707 tonnes and also up 14 percent.
   In January-May 2024, Oslo Airport has thus been handling 75,278 tonnes of flown cargo which is up 15 percent, y-o-y, with international cargo rising 17 percent to a total of 71,107 tonnes.
    Contributing to the rise in volumes in 2024 is the opening from April 4 of flights by Beijing Capital Airlines on the route connecting Oslo Airport and Chengdu Tianfu International Airport, in China.
   During the summer 2024 schedule, Qatar Airways has increased frequency from seven to 11 weekly rotations from April 8, 2024, going up to 14 weekly rotations during the period June 1-September 1, while Qatar Airways Cargo has also been online at Oslo Airport since January 29, 2013.
   Also contributing to the growth in cargo is the return since November 2023 of Emirates SkyCargo with a weekly Boeing 777F freighter service from Oslo to Dubai adding some 100 tonnes to the capacity on the airline's passenger flights on the route, each lifting 30–40 tonnes of Norwegian seafood.
   Even more cargo uplift capacity will be added with the launch of Thai Airways' flights between Bangkok and Oslo starting from July 1, 2024, with daily rotations on the route.
   From the start, Thai Airways will be operating the route with Airbus A350-900 aircraft till the start of the winter 2024/25 schedule, when the larger Boeing 777-300ER will take over to cover the growing traffic winter demand.
   In addition, starting from today May 11, 2024, Oslo Airport will see the South Korean hybrid carrier Air Premia on the tarmac.
   During the period from June 11 till August 22, 2024, the carrier will be operating the route  between Seoul Incheon and Oslo Airport once weekly with Boeing 787-9 aircraft, offering space for exports of Norwegian seafood with cargo sales provided by SkyLog/ECS as GSSA, while OSCC will provide Air Premia with cargo handling.
   So skies are bright for even more cargo uplift from Oslo Airport in 2024 - only threatened by potential strike actions now announced to start from June 12..