“The decision to introduce additional flight aims to capture increasing export traffic from Southern Germany, which continues to be a major industrial area in Europe and surrounding areas as well. Segment-wise, we expect that customers from automotive sector will particularly benefit from this service and appreciate the wider choice of flights we are ready to offer. So far for 2017 we have witnessed stable demand with more than 1000 tons of automotive and different industrial consignments from and to Munich” - highlighted Andrey Andreev, Vice-President Europe of AirBridgeCargo Airlines.

Apart from export shipments, AirBridgeCargo intends to bolster import volumes to Europe via Munich, focusing on provision of smooth trucking operations across Europe in close cooperation with its trucking partners ex Bavarian capital. This will enable ABC to guarantee faster and better in-land service which is of high importance for the customers.

“We are optimizing our route network in Europe and worldwide based on the market sentiments and customer demands. ABC continues structuring relations with cargo friendly airports with the highest technical capabilities, which offer fast, flexible and cost-effective services, on a 24/7 basis, to the interest of our customers. There is no doubt that Munich is ideally positioned to play this role” – pointed out Sergey Lazarev, General Director of AirBridgeCargo Airlines.

"We are delighted to have AirBridgeCargo among our airport carriers and see their successful development and growth coupled with increase of cargo turnover in our airport. For the 8 months of 2017 Munich airport has seen 8% increase YOY, which is an optimistic sign for our customers in Bavaria and a driver for further development” – stated Dr. Michael Kerkloh, President and Chief Executive Officer of Munich Airport (FMG).

At the moment AirBridgeCargo covers 11 cargo destinations in Europe, among them being Frankfurt, Amsterdam, Helsinki, Paris, Munich, London, Zaragoza, Basel, Milan, Leipzig and Oslo.