TNT Express has switched flights from its European air hub at Liege to Stockholm from the city’smain airport, Arlanda, to the smaller Västerås airport in order to improve its logistics
operations.TNT Sweden said that since August 21 it has been operating five weekly flights between Liege andVästerås with a B757, with capacity for up to 35 tonnes. The new route replaces the previous one toStockholm Arlanda with a stopover at Örebro. Västerås lies mid-way between the Swedish capital andÖrebro.
Stephen Naylor, managing director of TNT Sweden, said that TNT wanted to improve its logisticsactivities while also reducing its environmental impact by replacing two flights with a single one.TNT would continue to offer a high level of service to customers with fast deliveries both toStockholm and the Örebro region, he stressed.
TNT also said that in future it will fly five times a week to Riga with a SAAB 340.
TNT Sweden, with some 400 employees, carried about 2.6 million shipments and generated revenuesof SEK 878 million (€92 million) in 2006, according to information on its website.
