AirBridgeCargo Airlines (ABC) has transported over 80 tonnes of livestock from Sheremetyevo International Airport (SVO) in Moscow to Vladivostok (VVO) on a Boeing 747-8F charter flight. Some 719 elite breeding Duroc pigs were safely loaded in double-deck wooden containers and delivered by trucks from Voronezh (Russia) to Sheremetyevo International Airport, before being flown to Vladivostok following strict temperature requirements. AirBridgeCargo said this is the first in a series of 17 … [Read more...] about AirBridgeCargo’s charter service delivers first batch of pigs to Far East Russia
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AUSTRALIA & NZ: Air freighting of Australian livestock surges
Australia’s livestock air freight exports have grown 150 per cent in value over last year according to the latest figures from LiveCorp which said growing demand for genetics from emerging livestock-producing nations is behind the record number of Australian sheep, goats and cattle exported by air. LiveCorp said the number of sheep, cattle and goats as air freight from Australia last year rose 45 per cent to 97,717 head while their value increased almost 150 per cent to A$33.15 … [Read more...] about AUSTRALIA & NZ: Air freighting of Australian livestock surges
AUSTRALIA & NZ: Air freighting of Australian livestock surges
Australia’s livestock air freight exports have grown 150 per cent in value over last year according to the latest figures from LiveCorp which said growing demand for genetics from emerging livestock-producing nations is behind the record number of Australian sheep, goats and cattle exported by air. LiveCorp said the number of sheep, cattle and goats as air freight from Australia last year rose 45 per cent to 97,717 head while their value increased almost 150 per cent to A$33.15 … [Read more...] about AUSTRALIA & NZ: Air freighting of Australian livestock surges