Airbridgecargo Airlines (ABC), Russia's largest cargo airline, has posted a nine per cent increase in first quarter cargo volume to 86,500 tonnes, according to Shipping Gazette.
ABC says its growth reflects market improvements in Russia, Europe, the Americas and Asia Pacific as well as the success of its own sales activities.
Freight ton-kilometres (FTK) in the first three months rose 13 per cent. The load factor was 71 per cent.
Continuing its network growth in the first quarter, the carrier added Dallas, Leipzig and Malmo as new destinations and increased its frequencies to and from Chicago.
The strong results come as the airline celebrates its 10th anniversary of its first commercial flight. Its maiden flight in 2004 was between Moscow's Domodedovo airport and Beijing.
When parent Volga-Dnepr Group launched ABC in 2004, it was the first Russian all-cargo scheduled airline. In those early days the airline operated a single B747-200 and served five destinations. It now has a fleet of 12 Boeing 747 freighters and serves 23 destinations globally.
Last year the airline carried 340,000 tonnes of cargo and flew 2,609,000 FTKs, achieving an average load factor of 72 per cent, considerably above the industry average.
"Today is a proud milestone for our company and a tribute to all of the members of the ABC team around the world and our parent Volga-Dnepr Group for enabling us to achieve our strategic goals over the first 10 years of our development," said company president Denis Ilin.
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