Wednesday, March 18, 2015

Cargolux, Oman Air partner on Indian services

Cargolux 747-8R7F(SCD) (35811/1461) LX-VCF "City of Grevenmacher" smokes the mains as she arrives at Ted Stevens International Airport (ANC/PANC) in Anchorage, Alaska on May 5, 2013.
(Photo by Michael Carter)

Luxembourg-based Cargolux has signed a letter of intent with Oman Air allowing the freight specialist to use the Middle Eastern carrier’s facilities in Muscat, Salalah and Sohar.

The agreement includes the launch of Cargolux’s freighter services from Luxembourg to India via Oman on April 15.

Oman Air has been seeking to increase the scope of its cargo services for some time. It launched a joint cargo service between Oman and Dubai with DHL and also operates surface trucking vehicles throughout the six countries of the Gulf Cooperation Council.

Cargolux plans to increase its services to Oman during 2015 to several flights per week—precise numbers have not yet been settled—with onward connections to several Indian cities, including Chennai, Bombay and Hyderabad. Additional services to other points in India are under consideration, as are services to Asia and Africa.

In addition, Oman Air will provide Cargolux with access to the belly hold capacity of its passenger fleet, which flies to 11 destinations in India and three in Pakistan, as well as to destinations in Nepal, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka. This will give Cargolux the opportunity to feed consolidated freight to Oman from a number of larger markets.

“Oman Air has extensive and long-term experience of operating flights to numerous destinations across the Indian sub-continent and East Africa,” Oman Air CEO Paul Gregorowitsch said.”Cargolux is a leader in carrying air freight and offers huge capacity. This agreement therefore represents an important strategic partnership that will give an important boost to the Sultanate of Oman’s standing as a major hub for the movement of freight between Europe, Asia and Africa,” he said.

(Alan Dron - ATWOnline News)

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