Saudi Airlines Cargo to fly to Vietnam

May 09, 2011 | 20:45

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The Civil Aviation Administration of Vietnam has approved Saudi Arabia’s cargo carrier Saudi Airlines Cargo to launch flights to Ho Chi Minh City starting May 16.

Saudi Airlines Cargo will operate three flights per week. It will use Cargo MD11 aircraft with a capacity of 80 tons for the route, reported TBKTSG Online.

It will be the second Middle East carrier flying to Vietnam. Qatar Airways is now running 11 flights per week between Vietnam and Doha.

Vietnam’s aviation market has experienced double-digit growth for the past few years. Air freight cargo in the country rose 30 percent last year to 460,000 tons, according to Thanh Nien.

Cargo carriers to and from Vietnam handled 113,000 tons of goods in the first quarter, up 11 percent from the same period last year.

The International Air Transport Association said in February that Vietnam will be one of the top three fastest growing international freight markets by 2014, together with Hong Kong and China.

Saudi Airlines Cargo operates 9 freighters and utilizes the belly-capacity on 125 passenger aircraft of Saudi Arabian Airlines spanning a rapidly expanding global network of 85 online destinations.

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