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AirBridge Cargo
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Founded1993
Fleet size3
Destinations8
HeadquartersImage:Flag of Russia (bordered).svg Moscow, Russia
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Website: http://www.airbridgecargo.com

AirBridge Cargo is a scheduled cargo airline and subsidiary of Volga-Dnepr Airlines based in Moscow, Russia. It provides scheduled cargo transportation on routes between Asia and Europe, all via Russia..

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[edit] History

The airline was established in 1993 and started operations on 1 April 2004. April 2004 saw the delivery of one of two Boeing 747-200F freighters being acquired from Alitalia. In May 2004 it started commercial operation on routes from Luxembourg to Beijing and Luxembourg to Shanghai via Moscow and Novosibirsk.The second Boeing 747-200 commenced scheduled services in October 2004. Airbridge Cargo is considering services to Japan and Hong Kong when it gets its third Boeing 747F in March 2005. AirBridge Cargo also intend to lease Ilyushin Il-76 and Tupolev Tu-204 aircraft for regional feed services from hubs in Moscow and Krasnoyarsk.

[edit] Services

Scheduled services operated by AirBridge Cargo include:

AirBridge Cargo have launched a new three times weekly freight service between Amsterdam and Moscow, largely to transport flowers from the Netherlands into Russia. The route will be expanded with the acquisition of third Boeing 747 <ref>Airliner World October 2005</ref>

[edit] Fleet

As of August 2006 the AirBridge Cargo fleet includes <ref>Flight International, 3-9 October 2006</ref> :

  • Orders for additional 2 Boeing 747-200 and 2 Boeing 747-400ERF are placed for delivery 2007-08

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