MASkargo commences freighter flight to Colombo
The MASkargo Team which welcomed the first scheduled A330-200
Freighter Aircraft to
BIA. In picture are GM Cargo, Hemas Air services, Bathiya
Senadhipathi Manmohan Singh, GM Malaysia Airlines, Sri Lanka, MD
and Director Hemas Air Services, Dushy Jayaweera
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MASkargo marked another historical milestone by launching its first
A330-200 freighter flight to Colombo, Sri Lanka, in a development that
augurs well for the country's economy. The newly acquired A330-200
freighter flew into Bandaranaike International Airport on 6th July 2012
and is scheduled to fly in from Kuala Lumpur every Friday and back the
following day. The flight routing for this weekly flight will be from
Kuala Lumpur (KUL) – Chennai (MAA) – Colombo (CMB) – Kuala Lumpur (KUL).
“With Sri Lanka’s impressive GDP of 7.9% in the first quarter of
2012, we are definitely seeing a huge potential for MASkargo to grow in
this market. We expect the competition here to be stiff, but with Hemas
Air Services as our business partner, we are confident that MASkargo’s
presence will soon be expanded in Sri Lanka.
We are looking forward to tap into an economic growth that requires
the fast and efficient movement of goods and services," said Jamaludin
Ismail, Senior Vice President Business Development & Freighter Services
of MASkargo.
He added, Colombo has commodities which will directly benefit
industries such as apparel, as well as perishable exports hence
providing a large market share between Kuala Lumpur to Japan, China,
India, Middle East and Europe destinations.
MASkargo’s General Sales Agents (GSA) - Hemas Air Services, Cargo
General Manager Bathiya Senadhipathi, indicated that it expects initial
response to the dedicated freighter encouraging and in tandem with
economic growth, where twice or thrice weekly services could be
considered in the near future.
MASkargo recently took delivery of its fourth and final A330-200
freighter, where it will complement the two 747-400F freighters in the
existing fleet. The combination of these two aircraft types will allow
MASkargo to grow its network by better managing capacity to demand. |