Maximus to get three more A300 freighters news
(Regional Freighters). The new equipment will join the fleet in
A Buhazza: “an exciting
time in the company’s growth”
July, September and November this year after undergoing conversion from passenger to freighter configuration at the EADS EFW facility in Dresden. Maximus will then have available five
A300-600RFs, three IL-76TDs, two Lockheed Hercules L382Gs and a 120-tonne capacity
AN-124 in its growing fleet. Maximus Air Cargo president and CEO Fathi Hilal Buhazza said the
acquisition will reinforce the company’s regional leadership position in the air freight industry and confirm it as one of the biggest and most
bu Dhabi-based Maximus Air Cargo, the UAE’s largest operator of all-cargo aircraft, is to acquire three more 48- tonne payload A300-600RFs
versatile operators of its kind. “The arrival of these aircraft, which ... are the youngest ever to be
converted from passenger planes to freighters, comes at an exciting time in the company’s growth programme,” he remarked. “They will provide support for our ambitious expansion plans, which
strengthens our positioning” to serve the Middle Eastern, North African, Asian and European regions. Buhazza noted that the new A300-600RF capacity “will help open
the next exciting chapter of our development by further facilitating the dual business model of cargo charter and ACMI (aircraft, crew, maintenance and insurance) lease solutions”. Maximus Air Cargo also revealed that its performance has remained
robust, despite the continuing difficult economic conditions being experienced by the air freight industry around the world. In conclusion, Buhazza observed: “Due to our steady and constant
operations, we realised a 16 percent growth in 2010 over the previous year with a turnover of 430 million dirham (US$117 million). As a result of this stability, we are able to make this major investment.”
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