Air France KLM Martinair Cargo (AFKLMP) is proud to explain the starting up of contemporary Boeing 747-400ERF or BCF freighter carrier, operated by Martinair, from Amsterdam Schiphol Airport (AMS) to Hong Kong (HKG) thru Dubai (DWC).
After an absence of nearly 9 years, KLM/Martinair freighters will return to HKG with a original carrier, improving our cargo operations and providing our global customers greater flexibility and capability.
The inaugural flight is scheduled to leave on 19 September 2024. The carrier will firstly characteristic thrice weekly, increasing to four weekly flights from the open of our cold weather time desk on 27 October 2024. The flights to Hong Kong will leave Amsterdam on Monday*, Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday.
The return flights leave Hong Kong on Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday. This original carrier will provide an spectacular capability of 110 tonnes per flight, facilitating seamless cargo circulation across key global hubs and providing a huge assortment of onward connections to the Americas and Africa thru our Amsterdam Schiphol hub.
This original carrier lets in us to provide unparalleled flexibility across the routes AMS/DWC, AMS/HKG, and DWC/HKG, as effectively as return flights from HKG/DWC, HKG/AMS, and DWC/AMS. They are going to enormously improve our freighter footprint in Asia and are a welcome addition to our flights from Paris CDG to Mumbai (BOM) and Beijing (PEK). By improving connectivity and increasing our attain, we aim to serve our customers greater and facilitate enhance in these serious markets.
As fragment of our community contrivance, a pair of of our contemporary routes in Latin The us may maybe be suspended. We are going to, nonetheless, continue to characteristic our freighter services to Bogotá (BOG) three cases per week thru Miami (MIA).
AFKLMP Cargo additionally stays steadfast in its dedication to serving the Caribbean and Latin The us thru our intensive abdomen community. We provide 145 weekly flights to 24 locations, making particular our customers in these areas continue to accept expert and atmosphere friendly cargo services.
Adriaan den Heijer, EVP Cargo at Air France-KLM and managing director Martinair, commented: “Within the East Asian market, the e-commerce phase is growing step by step, driving elevated seek data from for atmosphere friendly and expert air freight choices. The introduction of this original Boeing 747 freighter carrier is a fundamental step in adding predominant deck capability to our intensive abdomen community. This growth no longer totally strengthens our freighter footprint in Asia nonetheless additionally supplies extra choices and better flexibility to our customers. By improving our connectivity and broadening our attain, we are greater positioned to enhance the enhance and evolving wants of our global customer atrocious.”
