AirBridge Cargo
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| AirBridge Cargo | ||
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| IATA RU |
ICAO ABW |
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| Founded | 1993 | |
| Fleet size | 3 | |
| Destinations | 8 | |
| Parent company | Volga-Dnepr | |
| Headquarters | Moscow, Russia | |
| Key people | ||
| Website: http://www.airbridgecargo.com | ||
AirBridge Cargo is a scheduled cargo airline and subsidiary of Volga-Dnepr Airlines based in Moscow, Russia. It provides scheduled cargo transportation on routes between Asia and Europe, all via Russia..
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[edit] History
The airline was established in 1993 and started operations on 1 April 2004. April 2004 saw the delivery of one of two Boeing 747-200F freighters being acquired from Alitalia. In May 2004 it started commercial operation on routes from Luxembourg to Beijing and Luxembourg to Shanghai via Moscow and Novosibirsk.The second Boeing 747-200 commenced scheduled services in October 2004. Airbridge Cargo is considering services to Chūbu Centrair International Airport and Hong Kong when it gets its third Boeing 747F in March 2005. AirBridge Cargo also intend to lease Ilyushin Il-76 and Tupolev Tu-204 aircraft for regional feed services from hubs in Moscow and Krasnoyarsk.
[edit] Services
Scheduled services operated by AirBridge Cargo include:
- Luxembourg to Beijing and Tianjin (via Krasnoyarsk)
- Frankfurt to Shanghai (via Moscow)
- Frankfurt to Beijing (via Novosibirsk)
AirBridge Cargo have launched a new three times weekly freight service between Amsterdam and Moscow, largely to transport flowers from the Netherlands into Russia. The route will be expanded with the acquisition of third Boeing 747 [1]
[edit] Fleet
As of August 2006 the AirBridge Cargo fleet includes [2] :
- 2 Boeing 747-200F
- 1 Boeing 747-300F
- On order: 2 Boeing 747-400ERF
- On order: 2 Ilyushin Il-96-400
- Orders for additional 2 Boeing 747-200 and 2 Boeing 747-400ERF are placed for delivery 2007-08
- The airline operates 3 Boeing 747-200F aircraft and 1 Boeing 747-300SF and has contracts to add a further 2 Boeing 747-200Fs in January and March 2007. Two Boeing 747-400ERF aircraft are due in autumn 2007 and February 2008 and talks to acquire a third for April 2008 delivery are advanced[3].
- Five Boeing 747-8 Freighters have been ordered, with purchase rights taken for a further five aircraft. Delivery of the new aircraft will start in 2009 at the rate of one a year[4].
[edit] External links
[edit] References
- ^ Airliner World October 2005
- ^ Flight International, 3-9 October 2006
- ^ Airliner World, February 2007
- ^ Flight International 20-26 March 2007
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