ABC appoints Globe Air Cargo as GSA for Poland

RUSSIAN air freight carrier, AirBridgeCargo Airlines (ABC), has appointed Globe Air Cargo as its exclusive GSA partner in Poland.

With effect from January 1, 2010, the new contract will require Globe Air Cargo to generate cargo in Poland to connect with ABC's Boeing 747 freighter services from its hub in Frankfurt, Germany. AirBridgeCargo currently operates 12 all-cargo flights a week from Frankfurt to Moscow and onwards to major cities in Asia, including Beijing, Shanghai, Hong Kong and Tokyo.

Globe Air Cargo, a part of European Cargo Services, was established in Poland in 2004 and has since developed a customer base of 17 other major airline customers. Globe is based in the cargo terminal at Warsaw's International Airport Okecie, said an ECS statement.

Ludwig Hamburger, regional cargo director EMEA for ABC, said: "Poland is an important market for AirBridge and we are confident that by working with Globe Air Cargo and taking advantage of its already strong relationships with the Polish freight forwarding community, we can quickly establish a foothold in the market."

ECS is one of the world's leading network GSA organisations with 70 offices in 30 countries. Representing more than 120 airlines, ECS reported annual sales in 2008 of EUR475 million (US$676.9 million) from the generation of 360,000 tonnes of cargo for its airline clients.
 

Source: SchedNet