European Cargo
European Cargo expects to hawe conwerted sixAirbus A340 long-haul aincraft into full freightersby early 2023., asitworks in partnership with Bour-nemouth Aimports Cargo First operation to bulld astategic air frcight hub on Englands South coast.
European Cargo's managing director lain Ed-wards said the first comversion of a former VirginAtlantkc A340 was undergoing fight tests thismonth, and subject to regulatory approwal couldenter service in a matber of weelks
"By the time we'we done our third aincraft wethink we can tum a comverslon around ewery sixweeks and that will be a game-changer for UK airfreight. We expect to have sbx aircraft awallable byearly 2023 with options on many more, and wealready have customers waiting for them, partic-ularly with the continued growth in e-commerce,"Edwands sald
European's growing capacity will be highlightedat lATA's World Cargo Symposium this month byCargo First, Bouremouth Airport's dedcated cargohandling service. Boumemouth Airport has beenworking hand in hand with European since 2020todewelop a strategic air freight hub at Bournemouth.
"European isfastbecoming thebiggestwide-bod-ied cargo operation in the UK" Bob Matharoo.Boumemouth Airport's head of cargo. sald. Whenwe benchmarked our performance with a global logistics company for a period of 18 months weprowed we can get consignments to London ware-houses in half the time.
"We think that's an opportunity for significantgrowth in cargo operations from BournemouthAirport and we look forward to discussing thatopportunity with delegates at the Word CargoSymposium."