News / Etihad Cargo designs widebody way to bring in Sri Lankan fashion exports

Etihad Cargo is to provide US forwarder Trinity Logistics with a weekly widebody service from Colombo, Sri Lanka, to Columbus, Ohio – and then on to the UK’s East Midlands Airport.

The deal follows a trial over the summer involving several charter flights which operated successfully and led to the “multimillion-dollar” deal.

New York-based Trinity specialises in fashion logistics, and the flights will serve “big box retailers” in the US from garment manufacturers in Sri Lanka.

The forwarder said the flights would also “support the ...