 |
Singapore and Belgium have concluded a landmark revision to the air services agreement for cargo services.
This agreement, which includes seven freedom traffic rights, allows SIA Cargo to operate flights between third countries without originating from, or returning to, Singapore.
With this revised agreement, Singapore Airlines Cargo has commenced B747-400 freighter services from November 1, 2007, operating once weekly between Brussels and Chicago, and twice weekly circular routings from Brussels to Chicago to Los Angeles and back to Brussels.
This is the first time a Singapore carrier is utilising seventh freedom traffic rights.
Goh Choon Phong, president of SIA Cargo, said these new seventh freedom traffic rights will enable Singapore Airlines Cargo to more effectively serve the Europe-US freight market. Specifically, we can now operate more frequencies between these markets without having to increase frequencies between Singapore and Europe.
He said the adoption of these new liberal agreements is good for the air freight industry, because it allows carriers to match supply of capacity to markets where the demand for exports exists. Airlines can thus be more responsive to the market needs. Moreover, this enables airlines to utilise aircraft resources more efficiently.
SIA Cargo now flies to 74 cities in 39 countries.
CargonewsAsia
|
Login
