Demand for 747F charters grows 47%, says ABC

AirBridgeCargo Airlines (ABC) is reporting a 47% year-on-year increase of charter flights using its 747 freighters. Its latest flights were operated on behalf of DHL Global Forwarding for Evatec. ABC delivered a series of seven-tonne off-size wooden boxes containing machine tools from Europe to Asia Pacific. Its first charter flight for DHL and Evatec operated from Amsterdam to Hong Kong via the airline’s hub in Moscow Sheremetyevo. This was followed two weeks later by a second delivery of cargo originating in Zurich which was flown on a route of Frankfurt-Moscow-Hong Kong. Overall, AirBridgeCargo transported 80 tonnes of machinery for the