Uzbekistan-based My Freighter and American Airlines have begun an interline partnership that will allow both carriers access to each other’s cargo network via North America, the EU and Central Asia.
Implemented on August 1, the interline agreement provides My Freighter with access to 11 different destinations, including New York (JFK), Philadelphia (PHL), Dallas (DFW), Charlotte (CLT), Houston (IAH), Amsterdam (AMS), London (LHR), Paris (CDG), Madrid (MAD) and Munich (MUC).
In return, American Airlines has access to My Freighter’s Tashkent (TAS) hub and all of Central Asia through its RFS trucking network, My Freighter said in LinkedIn post announcing the partnership on August 14.
“We believe in creating a new “Silk Road” linking the east and west through Central Asia. By partnering with American Airlines, this is the first step as we are now able to send cargo from North America to destinations in Central Asia seamlessly with a simple click of a button,” said My Freighter.
Last month, the airline signed an agreement to grow its Air Transport Services Group (ATSG) leased fleet of Boeing 767-300 passenger to freighter (P2F) aircraft to five.
In its LinkedIn post, the airline said it has a “fleet of over 7x 767-300BCF”, although data from Planespotters shows five 767-300 freighters in service, with one more on order.
My Freighter said it operates to various destinations in Europe such as Liege (LGG), Ostrava (OSR), Budapest (BUD), and Leipzig (LEJ).
Meanwhile, American Airlines operates 1012 weekly widebody Airbus flights into Europe from the US.
“There is a huge opportunity for us to open the doors for American Airlines to tackle the Central Asian market, and vice versa for us to tackle the American Market which is one we are very keen on entering as there is a big Central Asian community living in the United States,” added My Freighter.
The interline partnership between My Freighter and American Airlines follows on from another interline partnership between My Freighter and Air Europa, announced in June, that authorised My Freighter to add flights to the Americas and Air Europa to expand into Asia.
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