AirBridgeCargo Airlines (ABC) has successfully obtained approval from the Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) for commercial transportation of lithium batteries over 35 kilos, which are commonly addressed as SP (Special Provision) A99. AirBridgeCargo has become the first airline to receive this type of approval in China after two years of preliminary works, testing, and close collaboration with stakeholders. The first commercial shipment of 113 kilos was transported on October 20 … [Read more...] about ABC gets special provision to move large lithium-batt cargo
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ABC delivers Moscow museum artworks to Hong Kong
AirBridgeCargo Airlines (АВС) delivered over 200 museum exhibits onboard its regular Boeing 747-8F flights from Moscow to Hong Kong, in cooperation with ART-Сourier. The special cargo contained museum valuables from the Moscow Kremlin Museums’ collection which will be part of an upcoming exhibit featuring Ivan the Terrible and his successors as Tsar of Russia. The exhibit, which will run from 29 May until August 21 in Hong Kong, will show museum pieces dating back to the 16th and 18th … [Read more...] about ABC delivers Moscow museum artworks to Hong Kong
Q&A with AirBridgeCargo’s Eric Lamare
Whilst global air freight capacity is nowhere near the levels seen in 2019, airlines are finding unique ways to transport cargo by converting old planes, outsourcing them or using passenger fleet. Forwarders, meanwhile, are looking for every viable modal solution to offer shippers and manufacturers who are looking to produce on schedule. With an ongoing imbalance between capacity and demand, this has resulted to higher prices to ship by air. Eric Lamare, director of scheduled cargo operations … [Read more...] about Q&A with AirBridgeCargo’s Eric Lamare
ATRAN, ABC deliver engines from Russia to France
Atran and AirBridgeCargo successfully delivered aircraft engines for MRO services to Yakutia Airlines from Russia to France, displaying the The 1,520-kilo shipment, which included two Pratt & Whitney engines for the Bombardier Q-300 (PW123), was transported using Atran's 737-800BCF from Yakutsk to Krasnoyarsk on 8 February. Both engines were reloaded onboard ABC’s B747-8F for further delivery to Amsterdam and trucking to Paris. The carrier said it took less than four days to coordinate … [Read more...] about ATRAN, ABC deliver engines from Russia to France
AirBridgeCargo’s AVI team sees growth double in 2020
Seeing stable growth in the business of transporting live animals (AVI) for over 10 years, AirBridge Cargo Airlines said 2020 was no exception as it saw a twofold increase in the segment. The carrier attributed the growth to stable development of relations and business with existing customers who transport ‘traditional’ cargo passengers. These include livestock, pigs, horses, hatching eggs, one-day-old chick, and wild animals. ABC noted it reached new market opportunities with new … [Read more...] about AirBridgeCargo’s AVI team sees growth double in 2020
deugro ships project cargo by air from Egypt to China
Forwarder deugro successfully delivered steel structures for a liquefied natural gas (LNG) plant in China just in time to maintain production processes. The project cargo, which measured 810 cubic metres in volume and 209 metric tonnes in total, had to be flown in using three charter flights of a Boeing 747-8F with nose-loading capability, which from the photo looks like it was operated by AirBridgeCargo. The critical components, including steel beams and angles of different sizes, were … [Read more...] about deugro ships project cargo by air from Egypt to China
