Air logistics specialists Carousel has established a new cargo route to meet demand for faster connections between northern Germany and Ireland.

The firm said the opening of the Hannover Dublin connection is part of its drive towards enhanced time-critical in-night coverage across Europe.

The route was developed following consultation with existing customers requiring the shortest possible time between order placement and delivery to the end customer.

Lars Ryssel, group chief solutions officer at Carousel, said: “We are focussed on creating solutions tailored to our clients’ end-customer needs and this new route is tangible evidence of this.

“The additional growth delivered by this new route is exciting and we are in a good position to react swiftly if we need to increase capacity or frequency.”

Carousel’s Hannover-Dublin route will be operated using a nine-tonne payload aircraft, departing daily (Monday-Friday) from Hannover Airport.

“Our customers in the Automotive and Agricultural parts sector will benefit from this new route, as well as those in the Medtech, Construction, and Materials Handling Equipment (MHE) sectors,” added Ryssel.

“Carousel is also making significant inroads into the E-Commerce sector thanks to our ability to offer extremely attractive late cut-off times, and we look forward to developing these opportunities.”

In late 2022, Carousel acquired Dublin-based full-service transport and logistics company Alltrans, and recently announced the successful mutual integration of their IT and operational systems.

Carousel is now investing in additional operational sites at Dublin airport.