Etihad starts A330-200F services
05 / 09 / 2010
ETIHAD Crystal Cargo has started scheduled services with its first Airbus A330-200 freighter, operating from Abu Dhabi to Tripoli (Libya).
The freighter will also eventually operate to other destinations including: Hahn, Beijing, Tripoli, Milan, and N’Djamena.
Roy Kinnear, executive vice-president of Etihad Crystal Cargo, said: “The A330-200 freighter will reinforce and build Etihad’s presence in the high-growth European and Asian freight markets, in particular China.”
Etihad is the launch customer of the A330-200F and set to take delivery of a second in December.
The freighter can carry up to 64 metric tonnes of cargo and can fly up to 7,400 kilometres non-stop.
