Singapore Airlines Cargo
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Singapore Airlines Cargo (SIA Cargo), the fully owned subsidiary of Singapore Airlines and incorporated in 1 July 2001, is the world's third biggest cargo airline in terms of international freight tonne kilometers (FTK). It has a network spanning 68 cities in 36 countries, with 8 billion tonne kilometer capacity and modern aircraft.
Code data
- ICAO Code: SQC
- Callsign: Sing-Cargo
Services
- Further information: Singapore Airlines Cargo destinations
In March 2004, a weekly New York City-Brussels-Kuwait-Colombo-Singapore routing was introduced.
The airline is in the WOW Alliance, the other members of which are Lufthansa Cargo, SAS Cargo Group, and JAL Cargo.
SIA Cargo also owns a 25% stake in the new cargo airline, Great Wall Airlines, based in Shanghai. The new carrier has also leased 2 Boeing 747-412F from SIA Cargo to operate its first route from Shanghai's Pudong Airport to Amsterdam's Schiphol Airport.
Fleet
When incorporated in 2001, nine of Singapore Airlines' Boeing 747 MegaArk freighters where transferred to the new cargo startup at market value, and henceforth, all new freighter purchases were to be made from the new company's books. All cargo hold spaces in the passenger planes are to be managed by the new company as well, following an agreement with the parent company.
SIA Cargo operates 14 Boeing 747-400 MegaArk freighters, with a further aircraft on order (at March 2005). The Boeing 747-400 MegaArk freighter, with a 110 tonne payload and 8,245 km range can carry more payloads further than any other commercial cargo aircraft.
Features of the Mega Ark
- Front loading capacity - Cargo can be loaded from the nose, which means the ability to accept big, odd-sized items. MegaArk can carry 20 or 40 foot intermodal containers; and with the large nose door, sea-air transfers can be handled with ease and maximum efficiency.
- Additional air conditioning equipment - The equipment can regulate the temperature in the main deck compartment to between 4 and 28 degree Celsius
- Special cabin pressure system that can maintain conditions at 8,000 feet altitude.
External links
- [Singapore Airlines Cargo]
- [Singapore Airlines Cargo Fleet Detail]
- [Article about the airline's formation]
- [Singapore Airlines]
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