FRENCH shipping giant CMA CGM has launched its first air freight payload flight of its new CMA CGM Air Cargo airline from Liege to Chicago, reports Belgium's Aviation24.be.
Marseilles-based CMA CGM Group has chosen to begin its operations at Liege Airport, starting with a flight to Chicago flown by an Airbus A330-200F.
Its second Airbus A330-200F entered service on March 17, which will also serve the United States.
CMA CGM is drawing on the expertise of Air Belgium to operate the planes in its cargo fleet.
Located at the heart of a large populated area, and benefitting from its many intermodal freight options (air, sea, road and rail), Liege Airport is the hub of a high-density European and global air network.
'A French family group, Air Belgium and Sabena Aerospace for maintenance, we have here three companies with the same ambition to grow and develop,' said Liege Airport CEO Frederic Jacquet.
'The selection of Liege Airport shows once again not only that it has a prominent place in the world of cargo, but also and above all that it is playing an important role in a multimodal vision of logistics,' said Mr Jacquet.
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Marseilles-based CMA CGM Group has chosen to begin its operations at Liege Airport, starting with a flight to Chicago flown by an Airbus A330-200F.
Its second Airbus A330-200F entered service on March 17, which will also serve the United States.
CMA CGM is drawing on the expertise of Air Belgium to operate the planes in its cargo fleet.
Located at the heart of a large populated area, and benefitting from its many intermodal freight options (air, sea, road and rail), Liege Airport is the hub of a high-density European and global air network.
'A French family group, Air Belgium and Sabena Aerospace for maintenance, we have here three companies with the same ambition to grow and develop,' said Liege Airport CEO Frederic Jacquet.
'The selection of Liege Airport shows once again not only that it has a prominent place in the world of cargo, but also and above all that it is playing an important role in a multimodal vision of logistics,' said Mr Jacquet.
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