AirBridge Cargo is the 22nd airline to join Cargo 2000, becoming the group’s first Russian member.
With a fleet of Boeing 747 freighters, AirBridge carried more than 80,000 tonnes of cargo in 2006, generating sales revenues in excess of US$230 million.
The airline currently operates ten flights a week ex Frankfurt and four per week ex Amsterdam to Russia, and five flights a week to Krasnoyarsk. ABC also operates seven services a week to and from Shanghai, four flights a week to and from Beijing, four services a week from Nagoya to Russia and Europe, and three flights serving Hong Kong from Frankfurt and Amsterdam.
Stan Wraight, vice president of the Volga-Dnepr Group responsible for scheduled cargo operations, said: “It has always been our intention to join Cargo 2000 once we had the management team and processes in place to support the implementation of Cargo 2000’s quality system. Coupled with the introduction of a new IT system in 2007, we are now ready to move forward with Cargo 2000.”
He pointed out that since AirBridge Cargo is still a young airline, it does not need to replace old legacy systems.
He added that the next stages of the carrier’s development will see its fleet double in size in 2007-2008, including three new Boeing 747-400ER Freighters. AirBridge will also launch services to the Americas in late-2007 using the trans-polar route to initially serve Toronto and Houston.
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