Ethiopian Receives the 2nd MD-11 Freighter Aircraft - 04 September, 2009
Ethiopian Airlines is pleased to announce the acquisition of its 2nd MD-11 freighter aircraft from the Boeing Corporation based in Chicago, USA.
The newly leased MD-11F aircraft has a payload capacity of 95 tons, 32 pallets and a volume of 513 cubic meters. This new acquisition will increase the total capacity of the current cargo service of the airline by 23% thereby enhancing the newly developed cargo market from Europe and South-East Asia.
Ethiopian cargo movement will gain momentum with the increased capacity to its major cargo destinations like Liege, Dubai, Hong Kong, Madras, Jeddah and Mumbai. In addition to these cities, the airlines’ cargo market has been growing substantially providing air cargo services to/from various points in Europe, Africa, Asia and the Middle East. Ethiopian provides dedicated cargo services to 19 cities in Africa.
Ethiopian Cargo operates from its state-of-the-art cargo terminal which has a capacity to handle 350,000 tons of cargo per annum with modern facilities and equipments including, cold room storage with capacity of 130 tons, fully automated cargo system, elevated transport vehicles (ETV), storage for dangerous goods and radioactive materials, holding area for perishables as well as computerized work stations.
Currently, Ethiopian has a total of six dedicated cargo fleet consisting of two B757-200, two B747-200 and two MD-11F. The airline also provides efficient cargo services using the belly-hold cargo space in its scheduled passenger aircraft and charter services to various destinations. No other airline in Africa avails cargo services of such dimension and magnitude. This is a unique and pioneering endeavor by the airline to primarily encourage and promote Africa’s export business to Europe, the Middle East and Asia.
For more information about Ethiopian Cargo services, please contact Director Ethiopian Cargo at
GebremichaelB@ethiopianairlines.com or call (+251-11) 517-80-12.
http://www.ethiopianairlines.com/en/news/prarchive.aspx?id=618
