SkyTeam Cargo

SkyTeam Cargo
Full members 12
Pending members 1
Destination countries South Korea, Russia, Mexico, Argentina, France, China, Taiwan, Czech Republic, the Netherlands, the United States
Headquarters Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, Haarlemmermeer, Netherlands
Website www.skyteamcargo.com

SkyTeam Cargo is a global cargo alliance in which all members are also members of the SkyTeam airline alliance. SkyTeam Cargo is currently the largest cargo alliance, and is competing with the WOW Alliance.

History

A Boeing 747-400F belonging to Korean Air Cargo, an inaugural SkyTeam Cargo member.

Three months following SkyTeam's founding, on 22 June, the airline alliance announced in September 2000 the creation of its cargo division, SkyTeam Cargo.[1] The alliance's inaugural members are Aeroméxico Cargo, Air France Cargo, Delta Air Logistics, and Korean Air Cargo, whose passenger airline operations are members of SkyTeam.[2]

In 2001, Czech Airlines Cargo and Alitalia Cargo joined in April and August, respectively.[2] Both divisions joined the cargo alliance within days of CSA Czech Airlines (25 March) and Alitalia (27 July) joining SkyTeam.

KLM Cargo joined SkyTeam Cargo in September 2004, four months following the merge of Air France and KLM, which subsequently created the Air France-KLM holding company.[2] The following year, in September, Northwest Airlines Cargo joined the cargo alliance, a move which came one year after Northwest Airlines joined SkyTeam. However, on 14 April 2008, Northwest Airlines merged with Delta Air Lines, which led to the largest airline in the world. China Southern Airlines joined the cargo alliance by November 2010.[3] By November 2013, Aerolíneas Argentinas, one of the leading South American carriers, joined the SkyTeam Cargo Alliance adding more than 30 Latin American destinations to the global network.[4]

Current members

Member airline Country Division airline Fleet
Aeroflot  Russia Aeroflot Cargo Holds Main Fleet
Aerolíneas Cargo  Argentina Aerolíneas Argentinas Cargo Holds Main Fleet
Aeroméxico Cargo  Mexico Aeroméxico Cargo Holds Main Fleet
Air France Cargo  France Air France 2x 777F / Cargo Holds Main Fleet
Alitalia Cargo  Italy Alitalia Cargo Holds Main Fleet
China Airlines Cargo  Taiwan China Airlines 18x 747-400F / Cargo Holds Main Fleet
China Cargo Airlines  China China Eastern Airlines 2x 747-400F / 2x 747-400ERF / 2x 757-200F / 6x 777F
China Southern Cargo  China China Southern Airlines 2x 747-400F / 12x 777F / Cargo Holds Main Fleet
CSA Cargo  Czech Republic Czech Airlines Cargo Holds Main Fleet
Delta Cargo  United States Delta Air Lines Cargo Holds Main Fleet
KLM Cargo  Netherlands KLM Royal Dutch Airlines 3x 747-400ERF / Cargo Holds Main Fleet
Korean Air Cargo  South Korea Korean Air 9x 747-400F / 8x 747-400ERF / 6x 747-8F / 5x 777F / Cargo Holds Main Fleet

Future members

Member airline Country Division airline Fleet
Cargo Garuda Indonesia[5]  Indonesia Garuda Indonesia Cargo Holds Main Fleet

Possible future members

Airline Country
Vietnam Airlines Cargo  Vietnam
Martinair Cargo (A subsidiary of KLM)  Netherlands
Saudia Cargo  Saudi Arabia

References

  1. ↑ "A History Of SkyTeam". breakingtravelnews.com. 27/7/01. Retrieved 30 September 2010. Check date values in: |date= (help)
  2. 1 2 3 "The Family Tree". SkyTeam Cargo. Retrieved 13 November 2010.
  3. ↑ "China Southern to join SkyTeam Cargo". ATW Online. 10/2/10. Retrieved 6 November 2010. Check date values in: |date= (help)
  4. ↑ http://www.aviator.aero/press_releases/14470/
  5. ↑ "Garuda Indonesia Cargo to Join SkyTeam Cargo Alliance". SkyTeam Cargo. Retrieved 6 January 2015.

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