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2014-10-01

Xiamen Airlines orders nearly 400 ULDs from Nordisk

Lightweight containers provide substantial fuel and emissions reductions

AAR’s Nordisk Aviation Products has received orders for nearly 400 lightweight air cargo containers (ULD) and pallets from Xiamen Airlines for its first Boeing 787-8 aircraft.

Nordisk ULDs are the lightest weight in the industry, and will save the airline, which is based in the Fujian Province of China, a minimum 350 tons of fuel a year and reduce CO2 emissions by more than 1,200 tons.

“We are excited to receive orders from Xiamen Airlines to support the operation of its first 787 Dreamliner by providing significant fuel savings and environmental benefits,” said Boon Yang Sim, Nordisk’s Vice President of Sales and Business Development, Asia Pacific and the People’s Republic of China.

Nordisk develops container families where they utilize the same part across several models. This dramatically reduces the customer’s inventory of spare parts.

“A critical component of Nordisk’s success has been significant investments in research, design and product engineering. We have led the industry in designing the most technologically advanced, lightweight unit load devices that provide operators with high-strength, lower-weight alternatives to traditional ULD products.”

In August, Korean Air visited Nordisk Hong Kong for the acceptance of the first batch of Nordisk AluLite AKE containers.

Nordisk’s Lite product line includes the Nordisk UltraLite, the world’s first certified LD3 container with a standard configuration weighing only 55 kg; the Nordisk TwinLite; and the Nordisk AluLite. All offer significant weight and fuel savings.

Nordisk is a global ULD brand focused on making cargo transport more safe and efficient. Nordisk offers products with excellent strength-to-weight performance, high reliability, and low total cost of ownership.

Best material

With close to 700,000 ULDs sold in the global aviation markets, Nordisk ULDs are used by virtually every airline operating wide-bodied aircraft, enabling vast amounts of cargo and baggage to be transported safely and securely. Nordisk Aviation Products is a subsidiary of aviation industry leader AAR.

Nordisk offers reliable spare parts supply to ensure that the unit, when in need for repair, is quickly repaired and returned to operation. Spare parts for all Nordisk standard models are available from regional stocks in Europe, North America and Asia.

Nordisk uses only the best materials in the products. Nordisk was the first ULD manufacturer to use high grade aluminium 7000 series alloy, adding increased strength and durability to ULD products, and the first to introduce hollow edge pallets, dramatically reducing unit weight without sacrificing strength.

In 1983, together with British Airways, Nordisk increased usable lower deck volumes, by creating the world’s first full with lower deck container. Today, Nordisk is at the forefront in use of new composite materials which allow us to construct lighter containers, and help airlines reduce fuel costs.

AAR, through its Telair and Nordisk subsidiaries, is the premier designer and manufacturer of advanced cargo loading systems, ULDs and aftermarket services for the world’s airlines and OEMs.

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