Thursday, September 15, 2011

New aircraft to help MASKargo expand network

TOULOUSE: Malaysia Airlines Cargo Sdn Bhd (MASKargo), which has taken delivery of the first of its four A330-200F aircraft, plans to expand further its network and capacity.

Managing director Shahari Sulaiman said the four A330 would complement its two 747-400F freighters in the current fleet.

“The combination of these two aircraft types will allow MASKargo to grow its network by the better managing capacity to demand.

“The A330-200F frieghters allow us to develop new trade lanes between Asia, Europe and Australia which may not be viable using a bigger capacity aircraft,” he said yesterday after a handover of the new aircraft from Airbus SAS.

Shahari said the A330-200F was now the most modern mid-sized fleet as well as being fuel efficient.

The new aircraft will increase MASKargo's capacity into Narita, Jakarta, Hong Kong, Shanghai, Amsterdam, Sharjah and Penang.

“The destinations for the new freighters are Osaka, Taipei and Karagandy. We will tap the lucrative Russian market via Karagandy in Kazakhstan.

“The first flight is expected to commence in the first week of October,” Shahari said.

MASKargo is also talking to several parties, including authorities in Chengdu and Chongqing, China, to start operations in both cities.

China now contributes about 35% to its revenue. MASKargo expects the ratio to remain although the value would increase because of higher contributions from its operations in the Far East.

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