News / Two more cargo carriers set for take-off in Russia, despite its declining air freight market

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New air cargo carriers are picking over the bones of Tranasero, the Russian carrier which stopped operations in October – but could find it tough to squeeze into a declining market.

Airbridge Cargo is thought to have picked up most of Transaero’s air freight business, with volumes rising nearly 10% between January and April 2015 and the same period in 2016, according to Russia’s air transport agency. The carrier’s load factors fell 3%, however, to 67%.

Aeroflot and Siberia, the next two largest cargo ...