AirBridgeCargo Airlines
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| AirBridgeCargo Airlines Авиакомпания «ЭйрБриджКарго» |
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| IATA RU |
ICAO ABW |
Callsign AIRBRIDGE CARGO |
| Founded | 1993 | |
| Fleet size | 6 (+9 orders) | |
| Destinations | 8 | |
| Parent company | Volga-Dnepr | |
| Headquarters | Moscow, Russia | |
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| Website: http://www.airbridgecargo.com/ | ||
AirBridgeCargo Airlines, LLC (Russian: ООО «Авиакомпания «ЭйрБриджКарго») is a cargo airline and subsidiary of Volga-Dnepr Airlines based in Moscow, Russia. It operates scheduled cargo services on routes between Asia and Europe, all via Russia. Its main base is Sheremetyevo International Airport, with a hub at Domodedovo International Airport, both in Moscow.[1]
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[edit] History
The airline was established in 1993 and started operations on 1 April 2004. It was established by charter freight specialist Volga-Dnepr Group as its scheduled freight arm.[1] 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 began services to Nagoya and Hong Kong after it got its third Boeing 747F in 2005.[1]. AirBridge Cargo also intend to lease Ilyushin Il-76 and Tupolev Tu-204 aircraft for regional feed services from hubs in Moscow and Krasnoyarsk.
In November 2006 AirBridge Cargo received its own air operator's certificate.[1]
[edit] Destinations
AirBridge Cargo operates scheduled cargo services from Frankfurt, Amsterdam and Luxembourg via Moscow and Krasnoyarsk, to Beijing, Hong Kong, Shanghai and Nagoya (Centrair)[2]. It also operates domestic services between Moscow and Saint Petersburg and between Krasnoyarsk and Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk.[1]
In late 2005 AirBridge Cargo launched a three times weekly freight service between Amsterdam and Moscow, largely to transport flowers from the Netherlands into Russia. The route would be expanded with the acquisition of third Boeing 747[3]
Starting in February of 2008, the cargo airline will begin the first direct cargo operations between Russian and the United States. They will fly to Houston, Texas via Montreal, Canada.[4]
[edit] Fleet
The AirBridgeCargo Airlines fleet consists of the following aircraft (as of February 2008):
On order: 2 Boeing 747-400ERF On order: 5 Boeing 747-8F
As of August 2006:[5] 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[citation needed]
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.[6]
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.[7]
[edit] External links
[edit] References
- ^ a b c d e "Directory: World Airlines", Flight International, 2007-04-03, p. 69.
- ^ AirBridgeCargo Airlines Winter 2007 Schedule browsed on 2008-02-09.
- ^ Airliner World October 2005
- ^ Russian carrier flies 747-400ER
- ^ Flight International, 3-9 October 2006
- ^ Airliner World, February 2007
- ^ Flight International 20-26 March 2007
