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AirBridgeCargo Airlines (ABC), Russia's largest scheduled cargo airline, has launched services to its first destination in North America with three flights a week to Chicago, becoming the first all-cargo airline with regular flights from the US to Russia, reprted ENP Newswire.
The new route will operate from ABC's hub in Moscow to Chicago's O'Hare Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol Airport. AirBridgeCargo will serve Chicago with a Boeing 747-400 freighter offering over 100 tonness of cargo capacity per flight.
ABC, part of Volga-Dnepr Group, says it has chosen "the windy city'' as its first destination in North America as Chicago is the biggest transport hub in the United States and conveniently situated at the intersection of major international air cargo routes.
AirBridgeCargo 's network covers major markets in Asia (China, Japan and Korea), Europe (the Netherlands, France, Germany, Italy and Spain) and now North America (Chicago). All flights are operated via ABC's hubs at Moscow's Sheremetyevo and Domodedovo airports.
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