American Airlines Cargo has enlarged its European trucking network this summer to help the firm serve larger numbers of clients more efficiently and without interruptions or other issues.
Trucking services function using flight numbers, connecting offline cities and online points with the rest of the airlines global network, via the 450-plus flights that depart from Europe every week.
The airline has several truck options per night, which means American can link together vital European cities and help sustain high load factors, and enlarges capacity and ameliorates routing options for customers. The Netherlands, Germany, and France all feed nightly freight into the airline’s London Heathrow (LHR) operation, which operates 20 flights per day directly to the United States.
Approximately 4.5 million pounds (two million kilos) per month is estimated to be fed into the online destinations for carriage on the company’s aircraft.
Andy Cornwell, regional manager, American Airlines Cargo sales Northern Europe, said: “Operating trucking services from across Europe into London enables us to reach cargo markets that we wouldnt otherwise be able to serve. It has enabled us to become a major player in a number of markets where we don’t have a direct lift. By offering overnight trucks, we now can serve customers in countries like Denmark, Hungary and beyond.”
Kathleen Lesage, regional manager, American Airlines Cargo sales Western Europe, said: “Our French team could see that we had an opportunity to maximize capacity from Spain by launching dedicated trucking services to connect with our flights. And, with those southern cities being much closer in miles to Spain than Paris, it made perfect sense.”