Norwegian Cargo signs airmail shipment deal with Royal Mail

Norwegian Cargo has signed a two-year framework agreement with Royal Mail’s Gatwick Air Mail Unit (GAMU) to support international airmail shipments between the UK, Scandinavia and the US. Commenting on the agreement, Bjorn Erik Barman-Jenssen, Norwegian’s head of cargo, said: “Norwegian’s huge expansion in the UK is not just about passenger growth but cargo as well. This is a great time to strengthen our relationship with Royal Mail.”

Norwegian is now running daily flights from London Gatwick to New York, and flights to Los Angeles will increase to four times a week in the spring of 2016. New Gatwick-Boston flights will begin in May.

Barman-Jenssen continued: “Royal Mail has already trusted us to ship around 200 tonnes of mail to the U.S. and Scandinavia so far this year, and our UK services will expand with new routes and more capacity to the world’s leading cargo hubs.”

Gary Taylor, International Sales Manager, Western Europe, Scandinavia, Poland & Russia at Royal Mail, added: “The increase of online purchases in the Nordics from UK retailers and SMEs makes Norwegian Cargo’s enhanced network and widebody capacity an attractive proposition. Norwegian has been fulfilling our requirements of speed, efficiency and reliability for mail shipments since we began working together in 2013.”