Package delivery company UPS launched on Tuesday a daily cargo flight from its hub in Cologne to Ljubljana international airport in Brnik that is part of efforts to turn the airport into a regional logistics centre.
The UPS flights will service the newly-established logistics centre built at the airport by Slovenian logistics company Intereuropa. Packages arriving at the centre will be forwarded onward to their destinations in Slovenia and countries to the south and east, officials told the pres.
The flights are part of a strategic partnership between the US company, airport operator Aerodrom Ljubljana, Intereuropa and flag carrier Adria Airways.
According to Michael Mavropolus, the director for the Balkans and Greece at UPS, Ljubljana has a favourable geographic position, while Slovenia has well-developed road infrastructure and is gaining importance in European trade flows.
Intereuropa and UPS have until now successful cooperated as partners, said director for the Balkan region at Intereuropa Goran Travner, who stressed that the cooperation was now being upgraded.
The daily flight between Cologne and Ljubljana will ensure faster delivery times for both recipients and senders of packages in Slovenia. Moreover, it will bolster the role of the logistics centre at Brnik as an important gateway for the markets of the Balkans.
Adria Airways is to carry a part of the packages that will travel onward from the centre to the Balkans. Janez Krasnja of Adria Airways said that this was important for the development of the company's cargo flights.
The flag carrier is now expected to launch cargo flights to Sofia and Zagreb to add to the flights to Sarajevo, Belgrade and Pristina. He said that the new flights are expected to increase cargo operations by 20%.
Meanwhile, member of the Aerodrom Ljubljana board Zmago Skobir said that the daily UPS flight is an important step towards realising the company's vision of creating a regional logistics hub at the airport.
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