AIRBRIDGE CARGO, Russia's new scheduled international cargo airline, has operated its first Boeing 747 all cargo flight. The airline's fleet currently consists of two Boeing 747-200 freighters. Initially, AirBridge is offering four flights a week, two services to and from Shanghai and two frequencies to and from Beijing via Moscow and Novosibirsk and Luxembourg. When the second aircraft enters commercial service in June, AirBridge will introduce additional Shanghai services and open a new route from Tianjin in China. AirBridge Cargo is outsize freight specialist Volga-Dnepr's new brand and trademark for its 747 services. While its first flights will link the Asia-Pacific, Russia and Europe under the Volga Dnepr umbrella, AirBridge Cargo will obtain its own operating certificate and will become a fully independent airline in 2005. The name is not to be confused with Air Bridge Carriers, a British airline which in the 1980s operated Vickers Vanguard Merchantmen.
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