NewsWeek ABC: second B747-8F arrives


LAST WEEK saw senior managers from Volga-Dnepr Group, Fraport, Boeing, Fra- port Cargo Services (FCS) and other


logistics services


providers gather at Germany’s Frankfurt-Main airport to watch the arrival of the second B747-8 freighter to join Air- BridgeCargo Airlines (ABC). ABC, the scheduled freight


carrier within the Volga- Dnepr Group, paid tribute to the qualities of the freighter and its value to the airline. Tatyana Arslanova, ABC


executive president, had offi- cially taken delivery of the aircraft earlier this month in Seattle (ACW 9 April, p1) Wolfgang Meier, executive


senior vice-president for sales at ABC, said the freighter rep- resents a “big quantum leap. Its introduction is a huge next step for us.” ABC now has two B747-


8Fs, one more is expected later this year and two more are to be delivered during 2013.


THE FREIGHT forwarding division of logistics services giant Norbert Dentressangle has launched Red Sky Con- nect, a door-to-door air freight delivery offering. Initially, it will be available


on routes connecting China to Europe and the Americas, from Latin America to Europe and the US, and from the US to Europe. Further routes are expected


to be added as the forwarder’s overseas network grows. Norbert Dentressangle is


offering supplier consolidation at origin, Customs manage- ment and daily direct and indirect flights. For European destinations,


it will also provide onward dis- tribution through its road transport network, offering a door-to-door service. Norbert Dentressangle has


arranged block space agree- ments with major cargo


Barron – supporting clients “in their key markets”


carriers and has its own consol- idation facilities at major points of origin. Dave Barron, global com-


mercial director of Norbert Dentressangle Overseas, said: “The launch of the new service is part of our strategy ... to sup- port our clients in their key markets.”


At a subsequent press con-


ference, of particular note was confirmation that the Volga- Dnepr Group has acquired 49 percent of Frankfurt-Hahn- based freighter operator ACG - Air Cargo Germany. Plans are being imple-


mented to “synchronise” the schedules of the two carriers and to optimise the potential synergies, jointly noted Meier and ACG’s Michael Bock. As well as its investment in ACG, ABC confirmed that it


Forwarder offers door-to-door


expects to continue the growth improvement seen last year, especially in its intra-Russian operations and in the addi- tion of further Chinese destinations to its network.


IAG CARGO, the entity formed by the merger of British Air- ways World Cargo and Iberia Cargo, is to market the cargo bellyhold space of Barcelona-based low-cost carrier Vueling. In a two-year agreement, Iberia Cargo will become the general agent for the space offered by Vueling’s A320 fleet.


TURKISH AIRLINES is threatening to pull out of its 49 per- cent holding in BH Airlines after the Bosnian government said it cannot afford to put any more money into the joint venture.


ASIA AIRFREIGHT Terminal, which handles cargo for a number of airlines at Hong Kong International airport, pro- cessed 65,929 tonnes of freight in March, a drop of 4 percent on the same month of last year.


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