Five years of growth and achievement

AirBridgeCargo Airlines has celebrated the fifth anniversary of its first scheduled cargo flight.
On April 23, 2004, Captain Vladimir Grebennikov and his crew operated Boeing 747-200 flight VDA222 from Moscow’s Domodedovo Airport to Beijing, China – creating another milestone in the history of Volga-Dnepr Group.
Since then, AirBridgeCargo Airlines has grown rapidly. Today, its fleet includes three new Boeing 747-400ER Freighters, one B747-300F and two B747-200Fs operating from major airports in Europe, including Frankfurt and Amsterdam, to Beijing, Shanghai, Hong Kong and Tokyo via hubs at
Moscow’s two main airports.
AirBridgeCargo Airlines (ABC) was the first Russia-based airline to start operations on Europe-Russia-Asia air routes using Boeing 747 freighter aircraft and also enjoys strategic partnerships and interline
agreements with other major international airlines. It was awarded its own AOC in 2006.
In Frankfurt, where ABC offers 13 Boeing 747F flights a week to Russia and Asia, AirBridgeCargo was the second largest carrier of air cargo in the first quarter of 2009 after Lufthansa Cargo, according to Fraport.
ABC carried nearly 17,000 tonnes of cargo in the three months to March 31st.

Source: Transportweekly