Russia’s Atran launches new route to expand cargo capacity

Russian airline Atran Airlines, an express carrier within Volga-Dnepr Group, is introducing a new route into its network between Hangzhou, China and Riga, Latvia. The flight, which is to be operated every Thursday with recently deployed Boeing 737-800BCF, will provide up to 23 tonnes of cargo capacity for e-commerce shipments of Cainiao Network, the logistics arm of Alibaba Group. Dmitry Obsharov, general director of Atran Airlines, said: “We have been focusing on satisfying growing demand of cross-border shipments, analysing best-case scenarios for the consumers and launch of the lane Hangzhou-Riga is a result of our joint cooperation “Atran Airlines will