AirBridgeCargo Airlines to fly its freighters to Dhaka

February 26, 2019: AirBridgeCargo Airlines has added Dhaka to its international network, thus ramping up its footprint in Asia. The company will offer customers twice-weekly frequencies to Dhaka to accommodate the Bangladesh's emerging export flows, which have seen spiralling growth in westbound volumes in recent years.

Dhaka becomes the 14th destination in ABC’s Asian network and extends the airline’s ability to guarantee fast and seamless cargo deliveries to Europe, Russia, and the USA. The flight will be operated in conjunction with AirBridgeCargo’s Shanghai, China, service and will give customers a vast choice of international connections over its Moscow cargo hub.

“We have been reviewing the possibility of Bangladesh coverage for the last couple of years. The country’s emerging volumes tipped over 25 percent growth last year as the number of manufacturers based in this country increased. This fact makes us feel confident that our operations will be appreciated by customers, especially by those with garments and apparel commodities, which constitute the major part of traffic from Bangladesh,” highlighted Sergey Lazarev, general director of AirBridgeCargo Airlines.

He also noted, “With the lion’s share of cargo being Europe and USA bound, we will be able to leverage these flows, offering our customers solutions for various types of freight, including those with special handling requirements – including temperature-sensitive products, oversized and heavy shipments, live animals, e-commerce and others. Our flights will also guarantee B747F capacity for import flows to support Bangladeshi industries. On top of this, we will make sure that the quality of our service in Bangladesh is on a par with the rest of our global network.”

AirBridgeCargo, in 2018, added Ho Chi Minh and Shenzhen and offered its special abc e-com, abc valuable and abc general products to meet the demand for hi-tech, e-commerce and garments goods. It has also reinforced its abc pharma product through an MoU with PACTL, which was signed in June 2018 to boost time and temperature-sensitive products and increase the airline’s overall quality performance.