News / IAG Cargo and Cygnus launch weekly freighter to give Swiss pharma a lift

Spanish freight carrier Cygnus Air is to operate a freighter service between Basel and Madrid on behalf of IAG Cargo.

The carriers have introduced the one-flight-a-week route for the Swiss pharmaceutical sector.

IAG will then move the cargo on to 32 Latin American destinations from its Madrid hub.

Each flight gives customers 29,000kg of lift and expands IAG’s short-haul freighter network by 6%, according to the company.  The short haul network, which the carrier has had for more than 10 years, serves 12 stations.

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