Atlas Air receives first Boeing 747-8 freighter for partner Kuehne+Nagel

Atlas Air, a subsidiary of Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings, on Wednesday said it had taken delivery of one of two nose-loading Boeing 747-8 freighter jets it will operate for logistics business Kuehne+Nagel. John Dietrich, US-based Atlas Air Worldwide’s president and chief executive, said the delivery, the third of four 747-8s it ordered from Boeing, would add versatility and capacity to the Kuehne+Nagel air, sea and road network, which takes in 1,300 locations in over 100 countries. Yngve Ruud, a Kuehne+Nagel board member responsible for air logistics, said the addition of the aircraft would help “support our customers with reliable and