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A new silk road connecting Scandinavia and Asia

In the coming years, air cargo will continue to be a growth sector. The demand for air cargo is forecast to grow by an annual rate of more than five per cent up to 2006. Demand for Finnair's cargo services revived at the end of last year from the slump in demand in autumn 2001 and early 2002.

During the last decade, the air cargo business has developed from the mere transport of cargo into a logistical service. Companies achieve cost-effectiveness when they build logistics chains in which fast and reliable air cargo services play a central role.

Finnair's cargo services form a strong link between East and West. At both ends of the link there opens out a fan-like network through which the population centres of the Far East and Europe are reached flexibly and efficiently. The new Hong Kong destination and the increase in flight frequencies to other Asian destinations will increase the volume of cargo traffic on eastern routes in 2002 by nearly 50 per cent.