Bournemouth Airport’s Cargo First air freight enterprise and infamous operator European Cargo are gearing up for the autumn height having viewed persevered enhance on Some distance East to UK e-commerce alternate routes.
The a success partnership combines Cargo First’s seamless coping with operation and strategic exertion at Bournemouth Airport absolute most sensible 90 minutes from London, with European Cargo’s rising swiftly of fully transformed Airbus A340-600 prolonged-haul freighters.
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With three freighters already working on China-UK routes (Chengdu and Haikou) and more aircraft taking off operations in the coming months, Cargo First and European Cargo are pitching Bournemouth because the go-to hub for height season e-commerce and will jointly help Air Cargo China in Shanghai later this month.
This comes at a time when the busy London hubs are already constrained and volatility in the Crimson Sea continues to power multi-modal cargo solutions.
Bournemouth Airport Managing Director Steve Gill, acknowledged: “Our collaboration with European Cargo has established Bournemouth as a reliable and price-effective hub for e-commerce and varied air freight into the UK, with a proven note document of handing over a extremely environment friendly carrier for time-sensitive consignments for our possibilities. With European Cargo’s extra freighters coming on circulation rapidly and the constraints going by blueprint of various UK hubs, we gaze a enormous various to develop the market extra as we ramp up for the height season.”
Mr Gill acknowledged Cargo First had recruited 15 new crew to warehouse, aircraft coping with and security roles in the last year and develop into as soon as taking a ogle at long term infrastructure investment to manufacture more dedicated cargo products and companies at Bournemouth.
European Cargo’s Chief Govt Jason Holt added: “We unbiased no longer too prolonged ago renowned the most essential anniversary of flights from Bournemouth to Chengdu and in our first year operated nearly 300 flights carrying some 20,000 tonnes of cargo. With our fourth fully transformed prolonged-haul freighter expected to enter carrier in July and two more by October, we gaze persevered rising passion in our aircraft and products and companies. We continue to instruments as much as model out the autumn height and accompanying extra products and companies coming on circulation in the following couple of months.
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On the core of European Cargo’s operations is the Airbus A340-600 prolonged-haul freighter aircraft, properly-known for its skill of non-conclude flights over prolonged distances. With a most payload of 76 tonnes and a cargo skill of 440 cubic metres, the A340-600 brings extraordinary capabilities to the air freight market.
Both Bournemouth Airport and Cargo First are share of the UK’s privately-owned Regional and Metropolis Airports (RCA) crew, providing a seamless operation to cargo possibilities. RCA additionally owns Coventry
Airport, Exeter Airport and Norwich Airport and operates the XLR Govt Jet Centre FBO products and companies at Birmingham, Bournemouth, Exeter and Liverpool airports.
