Finnair's new cargo link to USA and Gulf

Finnair Cargo is set to return to the North Atlantic cargo market by providing freight capacity on Emirates SkyCargo. A new cargo route on the New York-Gothenburg-Dubai-Gothenburg-New York axis is to be launched on September 13, 2003. The route will be operated using a Boeing 747-200 freighter aircraft with direct main-deck capability enabling the transport of outsize shipments.

Finnair Cargo offers transfer connections to Scandinavia and Europe, with connections through Dubai to the Gulf region and India.

"Our aim is to find new freight dimensions on the north-south axis in addition to our more traditional east-west dimension. The market in the Gothenburg area of southern Sweden remains interesting, but the Middle East, the Gulf region and India are new, interesting territories," says Juha Kinnunen, Managing Director of Finnair Cargo.

A road truck connection with the Gothenburg departures leaves Helsinki on Saturdays, departing from Helsinki 19.00.