TWO of the three new shipping line airlines are flying to Incheon, home to South Korea's largest airport and second largest port, reports London's Loadstar.
MSC began twice weekly services on its Atlas Air-operated 777F on January 1 on a route that includes Amsterdam, Indianapolis, Liege, Mexico City, Xiamen and Cincinnati.
The airline, which has effectively outsourced its operations to Atlas Air, has three more 777Fs arriving, although the dates have not yet been confirmed.
incheon Airport said the route was starting with 'irregular flights twice a week, and will be expanded to regular flights within 2023'.
Maersk too is flying between Incheon and Greenville, Spartanburg on a 767 operated by Amerijet, the first of three to start flying for the shipping line.
And Incheon Airport said it plans to collaborate with cargo airlines launched by global shipping companies to lay the groundwork for creating new cargo volume, such as revitalising multimodal cargo transport by sea and air.
Meanwhile Maersk Air Cargo, which is now based at Denmark's Billund Airport, received permission on December 20 to transfer its US flight rights from Star Air. It will also fully integrate German forwarder Senator's operations next month, when the Senator name will disappear.
Senator's major customers, including BMW, stayed with Maersk - as had the top executives at Senator, so customers should see little change.
CMA CGM has not signed up to Incheon - yet. After some confusion last year over its US routes, it is now operating between Paris and Chicago O'Hare with an A330-200F. Two of its aircraft are flying under Qatar Airways flight codes, one between Brussels and Doha, and one taking in several other European destinations including Luxembourg, Zaragoza and Budapest.
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MSC began twice weekly services on its Atlas Air-operated 777F on January 1 on a route that includes Amsterdam, Indianapolis, Liege, Mexico City, Xiamen and Cincinnati.
The airline, which has effectively outsourced its operations to Atlas Air, has three more 777Fs arriving, although the dates have not yet been confirmed.
incheon Airport said the route was starting with 'irregular flights twice a week, and will be expanded to regular flights within 2023'.
Maersk too is flying between Incheon and Greenville, Spartanburg on a 767 operated by Amerijet, the first of three to start flying for the shipping line.
And Incheon Airport said it plans to collaborate with cargo airlines launched by global shipping companies to lay the groundwork for creating new cargo volume, such as revitalising multimodal cargo transport by sea and air.
Meanwhile Maersk Air Cargo, which is now based at Denmark's Billund Airport, received permission on December 20 to transfer its US flight rights from Star Air. It will also fully integrate German forwarder Senator's operations next month, when the Senator name will disappear.
Senator's major customers, including BMW, stayed with Maersk - as had the top executives at Senator, so customers should see little change.
CMA CGM has not signed up to Incheon - yet. After some confusion last year over its US routes, it is now operating between Paris and Chicago O'Hare with an A330-200F. Two of its aircraft are flying under Qatar Airways flight codes, one between Brussels and Doha, and one taking in several other European destinations including Luxembourg, Zaragoza and Budapest.
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