Aeroflot-Cargo reports stable results in August 2009 which have been exceeded the last year volumes of freight. August 2009 has seen 14 140 tons of freight and mail being carried by Aeroflot-Cargo. Variance of the last year is 104,3 per cent.

7659 tons were uplifted on flights of Aeroflot passenger network – VLY is 99,5 %. Aeroflot-Cargo freighters carried 6480 tons exceeding last year volumes by 10,7 %. In 2009 freighter fleet of Aeroflot-Cargo comprises of three MD-11F.

Volume of carriage statistics per month has positive dynamic: variance of January 2009/08 is 62%, February 59,5%, March 71%, April  86%, May 96,9%, June 92,7%, July 98,4%, August 104,3%.

The beginning of autumn of year 2009 saw a new important event on the air freight market in Russia – CPCR, a courier consolidator and Aeroflot-Cargo, air freight carrier concluded a long term partnership agreement. Both companies are currently holding leading positions on the local market of express delivery and air freight. Volumes that are to be carried by CPCR with Aeroflot-Cargo are expected to rise up to 100 tons a month. CPCR is sure that partner relations with Aeroflot-Cargo will dramatically change their method of freight delivery to remote areas of Russia and will increase a service level of freight operations on domestic routes...

Aeroflot-Cargo reports stable results which are similar to the last year volumes of the freight uplifted in July 2009. Aeroflot-Cargo met this year budget targets that were revised in May 2009 to consider world economy crisis situation.

4th June 2008 Aeroflot-Cargo airline made inaugural commercial flight on all-cargo MD-11F aircraft operating Moscow-Helsinki-Moscow route. Aeroflot-Cargo is the first Russian carrier operating this type of aircraft.

Aeroflot-Cargo operational result of three months of year 2009 is reflecting decreasing trend of cargo industry. From January to March 2009 cargo and passenger fleet carried 21 582 tons which made 64.9 per cent of the same period of the last year. Aeroflot-Cargo own fleet uplifted 1348 tons in January (37.9 % of January 2008). Another 1776 tons were carried in February (38.6 %) and 3358.1 tons in March (58 %). In first three months Aeroflot-Cargo freighters carried 6482 tons or 46 per cent of volumes carried last year.

Effective 21 April 2009 at 18:00 of Moscow time Aeroflot-Cargo has successfully migrated to a new reservation and accounting system – CargoSpot. Such technology will give us a full control over sales and revenue management by integrating of all internal business processes to one system.
 
Migration to CargoSpot will allow managing our network comprising of numerous destinations, routes and connections more effectively. 
Aeroflot-Cargo is expecting maximum effect from managing of passenger network of mother company. We will also manage cargo and passenger network synergy – our cargo flights will deliver freight to Russia for further on carriage to remote destinations serving by Aeroflot flights.

Three years ago, 19 April 2006 Aeroflot-Cargo CJSC was legally registered by Russian authorities. Since that day a new company, 100% subsidiary of JSC Aeroflot started its cargo operations. After half of a year 18 October 2006 the company obtained Certificate of Operator and was licensed as a carrier. 1 November 2006 Aeroflot-Cargo started its operations on passenger fleet of mother company. 15 December 2006 first all-cargo airplane DC-10-40F operated the first flight under its own flight number RCF-963 on route Moscow – Hong-Kong. We would like to thank everyone who made a contribution to our business during this period – airline staff, business partners, passenger side colleagues, aviation community representatives... The whole history