VIRGIN Atlantic Cargo is set to expand its all-cargo network with the addition of a new service to Billund Airport in Denmark, reports London's Air Cargo News.
The service will operate three times a week between the Danish Airport and Heathrow using an Airbus A321F operated by Titan Airways, offering 28 tonnes of capacity per flight.
The new flights are due to launch on August 3 in response to strong cargo demand and will connect with virgin Atlantic flights to the US and other destinations.
The airline said that the flights would cater for cargo currently being trucked from the Scandinavian region.
'The partnership will see the Danish air freight export industry receive more direct connections to the US, as Virgin Atlantic Cargo support's the airport's ambition to grow its air freight business and establish the cargo industry at Billund Airport,' the airline said.
'We are very excited to bring this new dedicated all-cargo service, connecting our customers in Billund and the wider Scandinavian region with Virgin Atlantic's extensive route network via London Heathrow.
'We will be targeting urgent pharmaceutical, automotive and perishable cargoes destined for the USA, Africa, Israel and the Indian Subcontinent,' said Steve Buckerfield, head of cargo sales at Virgin Atlantic Cargo.
Said Billund Airport, CEO Jan Hessellund: 'Billund Airport has once again been chosen by an air freight operator, Virgin Atlantic Cargo. It is a large, recognised airline that will support the Danish e-commerce exports to the American market.'
The airline only recently added freighter operations when it began flying to Brussels, also in partnership with Titan Airways, as a replacement for a passenger-freighter flight it had been operating during the pandemic as the carrier ramped up its passenger network.
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The service will operate three times a week between the Danish Airport and Heathrow using an Airbus A321F operated by Titan Airways, offering 28 tonnes of capacity per flight.
The new flights are due to launch on August 3 in response to strong cargo demand and will connect with virgin Atlantic flights to the US and other destinations.
The airline said that the flights would cater for cargo currently being trucked from the Scandinavian region.
'The partnership will see the Danish air freight export industry receive more direct connections to the US, as Virgin Atlantic Cargo support's the airport's ambition to grow its air freight business and establish the cargo industry at Billund Airport,' the airline said.
'We are very excited to bring this new dedicated all-cargo service, connecting our customers in Billund and the wider Scandinavian region with Virgin Atlantic's extensive route network via London Heathrow.
'We will be targeting urgent pharmaceutical, automotive and perishable cargoes destined for the USA, Africa, Israel and the Indian Subcontinent,' said Steve Buckerfield, head of cargo sales at Virgin Atlantic Cargo.
Said Billund Airport, CEO Jan Hessellund: 'Billund Airport has once again been chosen by an air freight operator, Virgin Atlantic Cargo. It is a large, recognised airline that will support the Danish e-commerce exports to the American market.'
The airline only recently added freighter operations when it began flying to Brussels, also in partnership with Titan Airways, as a replacement for a passenger-freighter flight it had been operating during the pandemic as the carrier ramped up its passenger network.
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