Etihad Crystal Cargo, a division of Etihad
Airways, recently launched a weekly service from its hub at Abu
Dhabi International Airport to Erbil in the Kurdistan Region of
Iraq.
The service operates an Airbus A300-600F
freighter to Erbil with a payload of 42 tonnes on the route.
Flights operate every Tuesday and Saturday.
Cargo flights to Erbil are Etihad’s second cargo
service to Iraq, following a twice weekly service to Baghdad which
commenced on 11 September 2010.
Des Vertannes, Executive Vice President of Cargo
said, “We are very pleased to be operating our second service to
Iraq. Our service to Baghdad has built a strong customer base in
the country and we look forward to continuing our contribution to
developing commercial ties between the UAE and Iraq.”
With its fleet of two Airbus A300-600 aircraft
and two MD11, Etihad Crystal Cargo has 22 cargo freighter
destinations in the Middle East and Africa and 70 destinations
across the globe.
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