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Friday, 29.03.2024, 12:34
Tallinn airport eyeing growth in air freight volumes
"More than 16,000 tons of freight was transported via
the airport last year. There's a possibility here to multiply this volume –
these are possibilities that we are charting with freight transporters right
now," told Murk-Dubout told.
All airports in the region are interested in boosing freight
volumes, especially when it comes to goods arriving from China, the manager of
Tallinn Airport said.
"Lithuania and Latvia are very actively developing air
freight transport on the level of the state. However, the big advantage Estonia
has is Omniva's cooperation with the
Chinese company SF Express. Their Post11 already now brings goods from
China to the Tallinn airport and delivers them to clients not only
in Estonia but also in the Nordic countries and Russia," she said.
Tallinn Airport is a landlord type of infrastructure company
that develops and maintains a capability to serve freight transporting
companies, but leaves handling the goods to the latter, Murk-Dubout said.
The expansion of the airport will create additional
opportunities for intensifying cargo traffic. "We will be able
to build more hangars and warehouses and sorting facilities in the
airport's territory. Our location is unique logistically - there's
a railway and major roads near the airport, the sea port is just 18
kilometers from us," the manager said.