NETWORK EXPANSION


AIRBRIDGECARGO SAYS ‘HELLO’ TO HELSINKI


Helsinki, Finland, is the latest addition to AirBridgeCargo Airlines’ (ABC) fast-growing


international network, with twice-weekly Boeing 747 freighter services.


The flights now operate every Monday and Friday from Moscow’s Sheremetyevo Airport to Helsinki, returning to Moscow via Frankfurt.


The new service will offer even more connection opportunities for ABC’s customers, providing smooth, reliable and fast services from Asia to Helsinki and back again well within 48 hours, including handling.


“In 2014, thanks to our customers’ support and the exemplary effort and attitude of our


full cargo team worldwide, we have been able to grow our business while maintaining a strong performance for our customers. Over the course of the year, we successfully increased our tonnage from North America and Asia to Europe by providing our customers with the capacity and routes their businesses needed. This new service from and to Helsinki will allow us to support those import and export flows which require direct Helsinki services. Furthermore, we will also offer trucking services to the Baltic region and Scandinavia,” said Robert van de


Weg, ABC’s Senior Vice President, Sales & Marketing.


During the last five years ABC has been one of the world’s fastest growing international cargo airlines with a compound growth rate of 11%. In the European market, the airline has been growing at an average 9% over this period.


VOLGA-DNEPR GROUP SIGNS ORDER WITH BOEING SHANGHAI FOR B737CL FREIGHTER CONVERSION


Volga-Dnepr Group has signed a contract with Boeing Shanghai Aviation Services Co., for a Boeing 737-400 Freighter


conversion and the delivery of the aircraft will be in the first quarter of 2015.


The 737-400 arrived at Boeing Shanghai at the end of November for the passenger- to-freighter conversion; a “C-check” - an extensive check of the airplane’s systems and components that can require


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several days to perform; and full painting. The modification is performed under a Supplemental Type Certificate (STC) held by Aeronautical Engineers, Inc. (AEI).


The agreement makes Volga-Dnepr Group the first Boeing Shanghai customer for this type of service from the Russia/Central Asia region. Boeing Shanghai has successfully completed five B737CL Freighter conversions for two other customers.


“We are glad to start working with Boeing Shanghai and regard this as a start to our future mutually beneficial cooperation,” said


Denis Ilin, Executive President of AirBridgeCargo Airlines (ABC).


“Volga-Dnepr Group is a valuable customer for Boeing Shanghai to expand its B737 PTF conversion business in the Russian market,” said Dermot Swan, CEO of Boeing Shanghai. “We are delighted to cooperate with AEI again for this modification. We look forward to a long-term relationship between Volga-Dnepr Group and AEI.”


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