In an effort to strengthen connectivity and meet cus-tomers’ integrated logistics needs, A.P. Moller-Maersk (Maersk) is bolstering its growing freighter network between Mainland China, South-East Asia, Europe and the US by increasing fre-quencies of regular flights as well as introducing additional aircraft.
On the transpacific corridor connecting Chicago Rockford International Airport (RFD) and Hangzhou Xiaoshan Interna-tional Airport, China (HGH), weekly rotations will double from three to six, while weekly rotations between Greenville-Spartanburg International Air-port, South Carolina (GSP), Incheon International Airport, Korea (ICN) and Shenyang Taoxian International Airport, China (SHE) will go from two to three.
In addition, the air ser-vice offerings between Bil-lund Airport, Denmark (BLL) and Hangzhou Xiaoshan International Airport (HGH) will increase from three to five weekly rotations. At the same time, the route will in-troduce a newly converted Boeing 767 freighter that is expected to enter operations directly. The new tail is oper-ated by Maersk Air Cargo, the in-house cargo airline of Maersk, and is the fifth of ini-tially six ordered Boeing 767 freighters, a pipeline of both newly built and converted cargo aircraft.
By boosting its customer-backed air corridors, Maersk is expected to plug a connectivity gap between the world’s three largest markets for ocean cus-tomers, North America, Eu-rope and Asia-Pacific with new solutions for time-sensitive and high value cargo.
Maersk has introduced several initiatives to bolster its air freight services. The company recently opened a new Chicago air freight gate-way facility to add more sup-ply chain integration oppor-tunities for customers using Chicago O’Hare International and Rockford International.
Three months ago, Maersk celebrated the in-augural flight of the logistics company´s new air freight service with weekly sched-uled flights between Den-mark and China operated by Maersk Air Cargo.
Prior to that, Maersk also launched a new air freight service with regular flights between South Carolina, Ko-rea and China operated by Miami-headquartered cargo airline Amerijet International, said a release.