The carrier took shipping of its most sleek Boeing 777 freighter (I-MSCA) gradual final week. The aircraft, which carries an MSC livery and has been named Alfirk, can be based in Milan.
Soren Toft, MSC’s chief executive, confirmed in a 3 October social media post that the aircraft had been delivered to Milan’s Malpensa airport, marking a sleek section of the Mediterranean Shipping Company’s entrance into the airfreight sector.
”In appropriate two years, we’ve long gone from zero to an whole worldwide presence, offering our purchasers a high-performing standalone air cargo community that complements our trade-main maritime products and companies,” he says.
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In accordance with Cirium fleets data, the widebody jet – powered by a pair of GE Aerospace GE90 high-bypass turbofan engines – can be operated by AlisCargo Airlines, a Milan-based air freight carrier purchased by MSC in August 2023.
MSC launched a world air cargo service in December 2022. In accordance with its October flight agenda, MSC Air Cargo at the moment flies to Chicago, Hong Kong, Xiamen, Quito, Mexico City, Los Angeles, Milan and Liege, amongst diversified international cities.
Unusual York-based Atlas Air at the moment operates four 777F aircraft on behalf of MSC below prolonged-period of time ACMI (aircraft, crew, repairs, insurance protection) agreements.
