Low-cost air cargo entrant vows to hold the line on freight rates

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Fears from competitors that the new cargo venture from low-cost carrier Norwegian will further depress air freight rates have been swept aside by the airline. Norwegian, which begins its 787 long-haul operation today with Oslo ? JFK, last month set up Norwegian Cargo to take advantage of its new long-haul belly capacity.

“We’re not going into the market to destroy it with low prices,” said Bjørn Erik Barman-Jenssen, the (possibly overworked) director ground operations, in-flight services and cargo. “If someone is ...