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SAS Cargo looks forward to new SAS destinations

Scandinavian Airline's decision to start up two new intercontinental destinations as of October 2008 is good news for SAS Cargo. Thereby, the air cargo company is able to offer its customers, the forwarding agents, air cargo capacity directly to some very popular "cargo destinations".- For quite some time we have been looking for the right solution for our customers with a need for direct air cargo transport between India and Scandinavia. Therefore, SAS' decision is very relevant for us. The opening of San Francisco as a new destination will also be good news for our customers, since we

SAS Cargo introduces new capacity in winter traffic program

SAS Cargo introduces additional capacity between Scandinavia - Bangkok and Scandinavia - Dubai when the winter traffic program starts up October 31st. To Bangkok two more weekly frequencies, approximately 30 tons each way, are added and to Dubai three weekly frequencies, approximately 45 tons each way, are added.Scandinavia - DubaiThe new capacity to Dubai is a supplement to the current all-cargo capacity, which SAS Cargo has between Gothenburg and Dubai three times a week.- Dubai is an important hub for the Middle Eastern Region and it is important for SAS Cargo to be present here.

New air cargo terminal to SAS Cargo in Stockholm

A modern 15,000 square meter air cargo terminal will be ready in Cargo City at Arlanda Airport, Stockholm, Sweden in Spring 2010. This is the result of a newly signed agreement between SAS Cargo subsidiary, Spirit Air Cargo Handling Sweden and Nordic Airport Properties. The agreement doubles Spirit's current capacity at that airport, and this will especially benefit the increasing number of all-cargo aircrafts, that arrive and depart from Stockholm these years.- More than the increased capacity the new terminal will also live up to the increased demand from our customers regarding high

SAS Cargo introduces online booking

The Scandinavian airfreight company joins cargo portal, which will make it possible for freight forwarders to book and confirm directly via the Internet.As the Cargo Portal solution is integrated with the carriers’ systems, forwarders will get free access to timely and accurate information on schedules, availability, allotments, and the movement of the goods. Furthermore, the forwarders will also be able to book and confirm shipments in real time. SAS Cargo expects to be live on the portal during the fall 2006. - This is another step in SAS Cargo's IT-strategy, where we continuously are

SAS Cargo signs cargo capacity agreement with Spanair

With the agreement, involving Spanair's 51 aircraft, SAS Cargo continues its strategy towards expanding capacity on a number of important strategic growth markets. The agreement starts September 1st.- Spain is an important growth market for SAS Cargo. Furthermore, it has an important geographical position for our future expansion plans. This new agreement with Spanair makes it easier for both importers and exporters in Scandinavia to send and receive air cargo from South America and Africa, since a lot of it often enters Europe via Spain, says Kenneth Marx, CEO of SAS Cargo Group A/S. An

SAS Cargo signs all-cargo cooperation with Air China

SAS Cargo is adding more air cargo capacity between Scandinavia and China, when a new cooperation with Air China starts up in September. An all-cargo freighter, type Boeing 747-200F, will add about 100 weekly tons of cargo from China where the demand for extra capacity is very high.- The agreement with Air China is the result of a very intensive search to find additional capacity to the most important market for air cargo just now. We have studied various options, however the agreement with Air China meets our demands regarding capacity and frequencies, which are important parameters for us,

SAS Cargo forms Scandinavian air cargo handling company

With effect from July 1st the Scandinavian air cargo company has established an independent legal entity to handle air cargo on 12 airport terminals throughout Scandinavia. The initiative is mainly done to reduce the increasing amount of Scandinavian air cargo that is trucked to airports south of Scandinavia every day and flown out of there.- We "corporatize" our air cargo handling activities in order to make it possible to create an increased focus on the business area, which experiences increasing competition these years. The independence will make it easier for the terminals to create

SAS Cargo outsources its Cargo Handling Services at Newark (EWR)

Scandinavian Airlines of North America, Inc., on behalf of SAS Cargo Group A/S, today entered into an agreement with Total Airport Services, Inc. to handle its cargo and mail at SAS Cargo's dedicated terminal at Newark International Airport. The Agreement also covers several other carriers being handled by SAS Cargo at Newark.(Total Airport Services) Senior VP Business Development Denny Eichenbaum said, - The 62,000-square-foot facility is equipped with state-of-the-art material handling technology that will be of great advantage in our efforts to attract new business at EWR. The Sales &

SAS Cargo invests in new cooling technology

A new container for keeping products cool under transportation has been developed. It works basically as a mobile refrigerator and is run by electricity, which ensures a constant temperature over a long period of time.- With this new cooling container we are able to offer customers with temperature sensitive shipments another high quality product. It guarantees a constant temperature all over the container from the moment it leaves the shipper and until it reaches the consignee, says Kenneth Marx, President of SAS Cargo Group. The cool container keeps a constant temperature between 2 and 25

Record result from SAS Cargo

A revenue increase of 17% and improved profitability gave SAS Cargo the best result ever in 2005. With revenue of 3.306 million Swedish Crowns (356 MEUR) and a profit before tax (EBT) of 68 million Swedish Crowns (7.3 MEUR) SAS Cargo continues the positive development, which the company has experienced since 2001 where it was separated from the SAS Group and made in to an independent legal entity.SAS Cargo managed to increase both revenue and profit in a market, which is characterized by huge overcapacity and great imbalance in the flow of goods between Asia and Europe. The fierce

SAS Cargo takes over cargo capacity from Sterling

Last night, November 1st 2005, SAS Cargo signed an agreement with Sterling Airlines regarding the take over of the entire cargo capacity on the complete network of Sterling Airlines. The agreement will add approximately 30,000 tons of extra capacity to SAS Cargo's European capacity annually.Sterling Airlines' 30 passenger aircrafts operate daily to 80 destinations within Europe and this new agreement will bring additional possibilities to SAS Cargo's existing important markets as well as new destinations. - With this new agreement we are increasing our total available cargo capacity within

SAS Cargo takes over Sterling's freight activities

SAS Cargo takes over Sterling's freight activities, formerly Maersk Air Cargo, from October 1. The takeover includes the freight sales agency for eight foreign airlines in the Nordic and Baltic countries and also 22 employees.The acquisition is part of SAS Cargo's long-term strategy for growth and gaining of market shares and at the same time being able to develop the freight capacity in close cooperation with the customers. The former Maersk Air Cargo employees will join a new-established sales agency organisation (GSA) in SAS Cargo Group. - With the takeover of this activity a new and

SAS Cargo expands capacity between Scandinavia and the US

From September 22nd SAS Cargo will start offering additional all-cargo freighter capacity between Scandinavia (Copenhagen) and the US (Chicago) twice a week. The additional capacity will especially benefit customers with odd size shipments, which does not fit into the cargo compartments of passenger aircrafts.The capacity is provided through a block-space agreement with the WOW alliance partner, Singapore Airlines Cargo, who operates the Boeing 747-400F cargo aircraft. - We know that among our Scandinavian customers there is a demand for all-cargo capacity to and from the US market, so we

SAS Cargo – small profit in 2004

Despite difficult market conditions for airfreight in 2004 SAS Cargo managed to continue the positive trend by presenting a profit for the third consecutive year. In its third full year as an independent company SAS Cargo's profit before interest and tax (EBT) was 12 million SEK. The turnover was 2,838 million SEK. As expected, the unit revenue per tons kilometer (yield) continued to fall in 2004. The decline was from 2.15 in 2003 to 2.03 in 2004. The main reasons were increased overcapacity in the market driving the prices down together with decreasing USD rates. Even though the result of

EMIRATES SKYCARGO PUMPS UP VOLUMES TO GOTHENBURG AND HONG KONG

DUBAI, UAE, 15th February 2005 – Emirates SkyCargo and SAS Cargo have hailed their successful partnership with an additional freighter service between Dubai-Gothenburg and Dubai-Hong Kong. With the new service, starting 29th March, Emirates SkyCargo will fly its Boeing 747-400F to Gothenburg every Tuesday, Wednesday and Saturday and to Hong Kong every Tuesday, Thursday and Sunday in partnership with SAS Cargo. Hiran Perera, Emirates’ Vice President Cargo – Freighters said: "Emirates SkyCargo and SAS have experienced a wonderful win-win relationship over the past three months, and we have

SAS Cargo appoints new Sales Manager for North America

SAS Cargo appoints new Sales Manager for North America As of January 1st 2005 SAS Cargo has appointed Timothy Pfeil (38) as responsible of its sales organization in North America. He is replacing Howard Jones, who left SAS Cargo earlier this year. Timothy Pfeil is American and comes from at job as Regional Sales Manager for Lufthansa Cargo in North America where he - among many things - has produced significant results in general and in particular in the development of sales through the airfreight alliance, WOW. The alliance will still be able to benefit from he's experience in the ongoing

SAS Cargo buys capacity to China from Emirates Sky Cargo

SAS Cargo buys capacity to China from Emirates Sky Cargo As of October 31st a Boeing 747-400F freighter will operate SAS Cargo's two weekly all-cargo flights between Gothenburg and Hong Kong. This is the result of a newly signed contract between SAS Cargo and Emirates SkyCargo. The contract replaces SAS Cargo's current contract with Lufthansa Cargo, which ran out. - We are very satisfied that the new contract has been signed and we look forward to working with Emirates SkyCargo. We have been very satisfied with our long cooperation with Lufthansa Cargo regarding the Hong Kong freighter, but

SAS Cargo increases cargo capacity on freighters from North America

SAS Cargo increases cargo capacity on freighters from North America November 5th SAS Cargo introduces the cooperation with Korean Air Cargo regarding cargo capacity onboard a new freighter route from Chicago to Oslo. - This is a good contract, which we are satisfied with. Especially our customers from the oil industry will be able to take advantage of this end-of-the-week departure from Chicago, because the receivers can have the equipment onboard the oilrigs in the North Sea at the beginning of the following week. This has been a great wish from the customers, says Kenneth Marx, Managing

SAS Cargo signs global contract with Post Danmark

SAS Cargo signs global contract with Post Danmark SAS Air Mail, a division under SAS Cargo, has signed a two-year agreement with Post Danmark (the Danish national mail company) about transportation of its global letter mail. The contract is regarding transportation of approximately 2,100 tons letters annually transported from Copenhagen to about 180 different countries. - We are very happy about the agreement, since it gives us a good and stable volume for our production. At the same time we see the contract as a result of our investments in keeping a high and stable quality level in our

SAS Cargo increases cargo capacity between Scandinavia and China

SAS Cargo increases cargo capacity between Scandinavia and China When the winter flight schedule steps into action October 31st SAS will double the number of direct flights between Copenhagen and Shanghai. This means that SAS Cargo at the same time also will double the cargo capacity to and from one of the fastest growing production regions in the world right now. - SAS Cargo is working very focused on creating the necessary capacity on the markets where there is great demand and growth potential. And the southern part of China is one of these markets right now, says Kenneth Marx, Managing

SAS Cargo separates Swedish air cargo handling terminals from parent company

SAS Cargo separates Swedish air cargo handling terminals from parent company The air cargo terminals in Stockholm-Arlanda and Göteborg-Landvetter have become an independent legal entity under the name Spirit. The new company is currently owned 100% by SAS Cargo Group but the objective is to seek other partners to join the company. "I see great advantages in separating Spirit from the other handling companies within SAS Cargo. We now have the ability to optimize our business and adjust it to the needs of our customers and the Swedish market," says Anders Skantz, Managing Director of Spirit. "

SAS Cargo appoints new Head of Commercial division

New commercial Vice President in SAS Cargo SAS Cargo has appointed Jimmy Kjaersvold as new head of the commercial division of SAS Cargo, which is responsible for SAS Airmail, Trust (SAS Cargo's forwarding company) and product & business development. Jimmy Kjaersvold (41) has many years of experience within the airfreight business and comes from a position as Director of Maersk Air Cargo. He starts in SAS Cargo September 1st. - Through his 20 years in Maersk Air Cargo Jimmy has achieved a very valuable commercial experience which, combined with his personality, makes him the right person to

SAS Cargo appoints new head of route network division

New head of route network division in SAS Cargo SAS Cargo has appointed Teddy Zebitz (39) as new Vice President and responsible of the company's Route & Revenue Management division. One of the division's tasks is to develop and optimize the cargo routes. Teddy Zebitz comes from a position in SAS as Regional Director Ground Operations Asia & Pacific and is currently based in Bangkok. He starts in SAS Cargo Group September 1st. - Teddy has through his 21 years in SAS gained experience and knowledge about Route & Revenue management both from the passenger side as well as the cargo side.

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