Panalpina to launch all-cargo services

Global forwarding and logistics group Panalpina will commence additional own controlled regular air freight services connecting Luxembourg with destinations such as South Africa, Dubai and Hong Kong, reported Tensid.

It will also cover the transpacific route to Huntsville, Alabama in the US, complementing Panalpina's existing transatlantic air freight service Dixie Jet.

The new all cargo service will be operated by Atlas Air using a Boeing 747-400F aircraft. It will consist of such important rotations as Luxembourg to Johannesburg (South Africa), Luxembourg via Dubai to Hong Kong as well as Hong Kong to Luxembourg and Hong Kong to Huntsville. It will therefore provide direct own controlled flights covering Europe, Africa, the Middle East, Asia and North America.

Panalpina and Atlas Air have signed an ACMI lease agreement (aircraft, crew, maintenance, insurance) for a multi-year period.

The additional own controlled freighter capacity will provide utmost flexibility as far as schedules and routings are concerned. This means that Panalpina can adjust the rotations according to market and customer needs, while at the same time creating synergies with the existing transatlantic service.
(Source:www.cargonewsasia.com)