Coyne Airways, the British carrier noted for serving difficult markets such as Iraq and Afghanistan, has appointed Air Proxy as its first ever GSSA for Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania. Air Proxy is the exclusive member of the EGSAC network for the Baltic States, and is the tenth' EGSAC member to represent Coyne Airways.

Air Proxy sees considerable potential in Coyne Airways' B747 freighter services from Frankfurt and Cologne to its Tbilisi hub, from which it serves Aktau, Atyrau, Uralsk, Ashgabat, Baku and Yerevan by regular IL76 and RFS services. Air Proxy will link to the airline's Frankfurt gateway using its own well-established road feeder services from Tallinn (departing Fridays) and Riga (departing Saturdays).

Says MD Maanus M'tlick: 'Coyne is an ideal complement to our existing carrier services, providing uplift to the Caucasus region for larger shipments, freighter-aircraft-only shipments and large pieces that we cannot accommodate on passenger flights.'

Coyne's services to Iraq and Afghanistan (IL76, A300F and B747F), operated from its Dubai hub, and reached via interline freighter services from points throughout Europe, are also appealing for Air Proxy, M'tlick continues: 'Coyne Airways also opens up the Afghanistan market, which could be useful as Estonia is contributing to the multinational military forces. There is also potential business for Iraq. Both these markets command comparatively good yields.'

On the latest addition to its comprehensive GSA network, Coyne Airways CEO Larry Coyne comments 'We are pleased to welcome Air Proxy as our GSA partner for the Baltic States, an area where we expect to see growing demand for our routes into the Caspian and Gulf regions.'

Air Proxy was founded in 1995 and represents six airlines. It is the Baltic States member of the EGSAC GSSA network, which has 31 members with 130 bases in 32 countries, collectively representing 150 airlines.