Teleport and Etihad Cargo bear partnered collectively to inject cargo capability and frequency on their respective cargo network between Southeast Asia and the Heart East, with plans to raise frequency in the advance future. This budge is in opposition to a backdrop of rising airfreight ask and alternate between the two regions.
Commerce between the Gulf countries and rising Asian countries proceed to level excessive progress momentum, surging 35 p.c from US$383 billion in 2021 to US$516 billion in 2022, and is predicted to succeed in US$757 billion by 2030, outstripping progress rate with Western countries equivalent to the US, UK and the Euro Bellow. At the identical time, air freight ask continues to pose double digit progress across all areas, having risen 14.1 p.c as of June 2024.
Since signing the partnership in Would possibly perhaps perhaps presumably this year, Teleport has deployed its freighters for Etihad to ship machines, uncooked affords, phones and chip sets among others, from Ho Chi Minh to Kuala Lumpur twice every week, with onward connection via Etihad’s capability to Abu Dhabi and beyond. This partnership additionally permits each and every events to maximise the on hand passenger belly capability in particular out of leisure hubs equivalent to Bali and Phuket, by leveraging on every different’s network strength. Etihad will deepen its connectivity in Southeast Asia on the wait on of Teleport’s large network in the blueprint, whereas Teleport leverages on Etihad’s tough global network to develop its network reach into the Heart East, Europe, Americas and the African areas. By the stop of this year, the partnership is predicted to examine 1600 tonnes of cargo moved between the two locations with ability for an elevate in flight frequency and recent routes.
Stanislas Brun, Vice President of Cargo at Etihad Cargo acknowledged, “We proceed to anchor our technique on key partnerships that can enable us to greater wait on our buyer needs whereas supporting global alternate. This recent partnership with Teleport is principal to give a steal to our connectivity to Southeast Asia, and we’re confident that thru the combination of their freighter operations and our capability, we’re ready to proceed to develop and fabricate a more efficient and sturdy network that greater serves each and every areas, and like a flash. The market environment is extremely favourable to develop our presence here these days, and with a necessary air companion esteem Teleport.
Jagedeswaran Nadrajah, Head of Air Partners at Teleport, commented “The mixture of Etihad’s global network with our greatest Southeast Asia network has unfolded a more dynamic capability to join cargo between these two areas – leveraging on the strengths of every and every our networks. That is precious to each and every our recent and recent potentialities shopping and selling between two crucial areas. This make of synergy is testomony to what Teleport has been constructing thru its Air Partners programme as a rating-rating solution for all Teleport Air Partners, the set apart we can proceed to fabricate and develop, and never wing empty.”
