CMA CGM Air Cargo has ended service in the United States. The carrier will now focus on routes to Asia and the Middle East.
CMA CGM Air Cargo departs the United States
CMA CGM Air Cargoa new freight forwarding company owned by the French shipping company of the same name, has confirmed its withdrawal from the market. United States and transfer aircraft to Asia and the Middle East. According to information posted on the FreightWaves website CMA CGM it doesn’t need it anymore Chicago and Miami as an attraction for his fleet of cargo planes. According to data from flight tracking website Flightradar24, the last time the carrier’s cargo plane took off. Chicago April 29. The plane that previously operated the route to Chicago, it is now used on the new route Bombay In India.
CMA CGM Air Cargo resumed operations in the United States in January, after abruptly suspending flights to Chicago and Atlanta at the end of last year when two birds Airbus A330 were temporarily lent by Qatar Airways and DHL Express. At the time, the company said that this decision was based on the need to complete the registration procedures of the aircraft in France. In January, in an interview with FreightWaves, CMA CGM sure that Chicago and Miami “will remain important targets of the network.”
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Decrease in transportation
A year after the downturn in the shipping industry, CMA CGM Air Cargo continues to find effective ways to use its small fleet of four aircraft A330-200 and two cargo planes Boeing 777. The company said in a statement released to FreightWaves that it suspended the service for United States “shipping to Asia, the Middle East and India.”
From May 15, the airline is offering flights from the domestic hub Paris, at the airport Charles de Gaullefor Abu Dhabi, which is a stop on the way to go Guangzhou In China. The company announced that the z service will also be available soon Abu Dhabi below of Paris. At the beginning of April CMA CGM and Air France-KLM launched a 10-year partnership in which they will jointly promote freight access and combine networks and dedicated services to increase scale and competitiveness. CMA CGM he also ordered two more machines Boeing 777 and four new cargo planes A350 From Airbus.
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