CJSC "Aeroflot-Cargo" ( Russian : Аэрофлот-Карго ) was a fully owned subsidiary of Aeroflot , founded in 1995. It was the second largest cargo airline in Russia, behind Volga-Dnepr subsidiary AirBridge Cargo . In June 2009, the shareholders of Russia's flagship air carrier, Aeroflot, decided to declare the company's cargo subsidiary, Aeroflot Cargo, bankrupt.
5-412: The cargo division of Aeroflot now operates as part of the airline's regular fleet instead of a subsidiary. On 11 May 2011, Aeroflot Russian Airlines completed preparations for joining the global airline alliance SkyTeam Cargo . They will be the 9th member of the alliance. Until December 2009, Aeroflot-Cargo operated regular cargo-carrying flights from Europe to Asia and back via Russia. On 5 April 2010,
10-880: Is a global cargo alliance in which all members are also members of the SkyTeam airline alliance . SkyTeam Cargo is the largest cargo alliance; it competes with the WOW Alliance . Following the founding of the airline alliance SkyTeam on 22 June 2000, the creation of its cargo division, SkyTeam Cargo , was announced in September that year. The alliance's inaugural members were Aeroméxico Cargo , Air France Cargo , Delta Air Logistics , and Korean Air Cargo , whose passenger airline operations are members of SkyTeam. In 2001, Czech Airlines Cargo and Alitalia Cargo joined in April and August, respectively. Both divisions joined
15-562: The largest airline in the world . China Southern Airlines joined the cargo alliance by November 2010. By November 2013, Aerolíneas Argentinas , one of the leading South American carriers, joined the SkyTeam Cargo Alliance adding more than 30 Latin American destinations to the global network. As of October 2024, SkyTeam Cargo has 9 active member airlines; some do not operate dedicated cargo aircraft, they offer space in
20-583: The cargo alliance within days of CSA Czech Airlines (25 March) and Alitalia (27 July) joining SkyTeam. KLM Cargo joined SkyTeam Cargo in September 2004, four months after the merger of Air France and KLM , which subsequently created the Air France-KLM holding company. The following year, in September, Northwest Airlines Cargo joined the cargo alliance, a move which came one year after Northwest Airlines joined SkyTeam. However, on 14 April 2008, Northwest merged with Delta Air Lines , which led to
25-440: The company was declared bankrupt and bankruptcy proceedings were introduced, aircraft returning to lessors and a general wind-down of operations. Aeroflot-Cargo served the following destinations (at June 2009): The Aeroflot-Cargo Division fleet consists of the following (at 24 May 2011): This article relating to a Russian airline is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . SkyTeam Cargo SkyTeam Cargo
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