News / Maersk's Billund Airport hub rejects community IT system - for now

Billund Airport, home to Maersk’s new air freight operation, is set to see flights from Virgin Atlantic Cargo from next month – but the airport has decided not to introduce a community systems (CCS) until volumes have grown.

From August 3 Virgin will pick up Danish and Scandinavian e-commerce shipments from Billund, which were previously trucked around Europe.

“We will be targeting urgent pharmaceutical, automotive and perishable cargoes destined for the USA, Africa, Israel and the Indian Subcontinent,” said Steve Buckerfield, head ...