Etihad Cargo expands freighter services in Europe
An
Etihad Cargo Boeing 777 freighter
Etihad
Cargo, the freight division of Etihad Airways, has announced three new
freighter services from Europe.
Last month
Etihad Cargo started operating Boeing 777 freighters from East Midlands and
Stansted airports in the UK and from Copenhagen in Denmark.
David
Kerr, Senior Vice President of Etihad Cargo, said: “We have responded to our
customers’ demand for freighter capacity out of Europe, and our freighter fleet
gives us the flexibility of deploying capacity when and where it is required.
“These
three new services will connect producers with consumers halfway around the
world. Manufacturers in the UK and Denmark can now get their merchandise to
their customers in the Middle East even faster, in as little as 24 hours in
some cases.”
Peter
Krogsgaard, Chief Operations Officer of Copenhagen Airport, said: “We are very
pleased that Etihad Cargo has set up operations at Copenhagen Airport. Air
cargo is of major importance to the Danish business sector. In value terms,
more than one third of Danish exports leave the country by air. Copenhagen is a
strong Northern Europe hub for air cargo, and a fast growing international
player such as Etihad Cargo will further strengthen our position in the
market.”
The new
routes bring the number of freighter destinations in Europe to nine. Etihad
Cargo already operates maindeck capacity from Amsterdam, Frankfurt (Frankfurt
Main and Frankfurt-Hahn), Milan, Brussels and Zaragoza, as well as belly
capacity on its passenger flights from the continent.
The
European Union is one of the UAE’s biggest trading partners, with non-oil trade
between the two totalling US$65 billion in 2015. In the same year the UAE was
the eighth largest destination of European exports and the EU’s 13th largest
trading partner overall.*
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About Etihad Aviation Group
Etihad Aviation Group (EAG) is a
diversified global aviation and travel group comprising four business divisions
– Etihad Airways, the national airline of the United Arab Emirates, Etihad
Airways Engineering, Hala Group and Airline Equity Partners. The group has
minority investments in seven airlines: airberlin, Air Serbia, Air Seychelles,
Alitalia, Jet Airways, Virgin Australia, and Swiss-based Darwin Airline,
trading as Etihad Regional.
From its Abu Dhabi base, Etihad
Airways flies to, or has announced plans to serve, more than 110 passenger and
cargo destinations in the Middle East, Africa, Europe, Asia, Australia and the
Americas. The airline has a fleet of over 120 Airbus and Boeing aircraft, with
204 aircraft on firm order, including 71 Boeing 787s, 25 Boeing 777Xs, 62
Airbus A350s and 10 Airbus A380s. For more information, please visit:
etihad.com
For more information contact:
Siobhan Bardet
Etihad Airways
Tel: + 971 2 511 1049
Email: sbardet@etihad.ae
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