From January to the end of March this year, ABC carried 103,816 tonnes of freight across its international network, connecting customers in Europe, the US and Asia Pacific through its hub in Moscow.
Denis Ilin, Executive President of AirBridgeCargo, said: "20% growth of tonnage and 28% growth of FTK is a solid first quarter performance... Adding more capacity at the beginning of 2015 allowed us to maintain and even improve our leading positions in our core markets in Europe, the US and Asia by increasing frequencies out of these regions and opening new on-line stations. In January 2015 we started operations in Helsinki, and since the commencement of our summer schedule, we have also launched Los Angeles and Hanoi services ahead of our initial business plan targets."
At present ABC operates scheduled flights to 26 destinations in 14 countries with its 14-strong fleet of Boeing 747s. By adding new destinations and better connectivity with its Moscow hub, the airline is able to offer more extensive delivery solutions for its international customers.
ABC's Chief Financial Officer, Igor Telpukhovskiy, added: "Together with our vigorous development, we are also focussed on cost efficiency by optimisation of our network via hub business model, internal processes and cost management. Thus we have achieved a 20% reduction is operational costs per landing for the first quarter of this year."
This year, ABC plans to continue investment in its fleet, service quality, route network and its international team of employees, together with its dedication to cost management and process optimisation.
