News / Full of eastern promise, three new cargo airlines preparing for takeoff

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By Alex Lennane

07/11/2016

News of three new cargo airlines today. First up is Azerbaijan’s Silk Way Group, which has reportedly set up Silk Way East Airlines, according to CH Aviation.

It will be headed by the president of Silk Way Holdings, Sanan Akhundov, but it is not yet clear what its strategy will be.

However, Silk Way has been busy recently. At the end oflast month both Silk Way Airlines and Silk Way West received permission from the US Department of Transportation to operate in the ...

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