AirBridgeCargo Airlines has extended its route network into Scandinavia with the launch of a new twice-weekly B747 freighter service from Malmö Airport to Sheremetyevo Airport in Moscow.
The first flight, operated on April 14th 2010, carried a full load out of Malmö into Moscow. In Sweden, ABC has appointed Sturup Handling AB and Menzies Aviation as its ramp and cargo handling partners.
The new route is part of ABC’s network development strategy and is in response to commitments of support from customers in Scandinavia that require regular cargo capacity to Russia and onto AirBridgeCargo’s destinations in China, Central Asia and Japan - pointed out Tatyana Arslanova, Executive president of AirBridgeCargo.
In the past month, ABC has increased the size of its Boeing 747 fleet to nine aircraft to manage growth in demand for its services. It has taken delivery of two more B747-400 freighters, reinforcing its position as Russia’s largest international cargo carrier.
AirBridgeCargo Airlines is the scheduled cargo business of Volga-Dnepr Group.