As of March 2017, Air France KLM Martinair (AFKLMP) Cargo started operating its new summer schedule. With a fleet of 170 long-haul passenger aircraft’s and six full freighters, the group is able to offer vast capacity on around 1,125 weekly services to 127 destinations across a global network.

 

Just as they did last winter, AFKLMP have once more extended their wide-body belly network, and announced the start of operations to five new destinations:

• From Paris Charles de Gaulle (CDG) a thrice weekly service to Accra (ACC) – Ghana using Boeing 777-200 equipment
• From Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS) opening new routes to Freetown (FNA) – Sierra Leone and Monrovia (ROB) – Liberia, both thrice weekly using Airbus A330 equipment, to Cartagena (CTG) – Colombia, also thrice weekly, using Boeing 787 Dreamliner equipment and to Minneapolis (MSP) – USA, thrice weekly on an Airbus A330.

 

In addition to wide-body belly capacity, they will continue to offer main-deck capacity (123 frequencies/week to 41 destinations), using Boeing 747-combi and freighter aircraft out of Amsterdam, and Boeing 777 freighter services out of Paris Charles de Gaulle. AF-KL-MP will continue to mainly deploy cargo aircraft on routes between Europe and Latin America and to/from Africa, to serve ongoing strong demand (e.g. from the fresh flower industry) for this type of transport.

 

“Air France KLM Martinair Cargo is committed to offering the best network possibilities to the freight market”, Marcel de Nooijer, EVP Air France KLM Martinair Cargo said.

 

In 2017, AFKLMP Cargo intends to keep strengthening and expanding its digital footprint with a wide range of innovative solutions. One being, the use myCargo, where customers will benefit from an innovative online dashboard customised to their specific needs. This goes hand-in-hand with systems allowing for online quotes and bookings, multilingual websites and other developments designed to ease the journey for their customers.