AirbridgeCargo achieves 27% growth in first quarter of 2016

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AirBridgeCargo Airlines (ABC) set a new quarterly tonnage record in the first three months of 2016, carrying over 132,000 tonnes of cargo across its international route network, a 27% increase year-on-year. The airline’s FTK’s rose by 23% in Q1.

January 2016 saw ABC record year-on-year cargo volumes of 43,000 tonnes, while in February tonnage rose 15% over the same month in 2015 despite the impact on global trade caused by the Chinese new year and the extraordinary demand for capacity last ...