Etihad Cargo to fly to Sydney

[Brandon Giacomin]

From australianaviation.com.au

Etihad Cargo is to introduce a twice-weekly pure freight service to Sydney from June as part of a significant expansion of the fast-growing operation’s network. Etihad’s inclusion of Sydney comes as Qantas Freight and Emirates’ SkyCargo strengthen their positions in the Australian market under their alliance.

Sydney becomes one of eight destinations in the worldwide Etihad Cargo network.

Kevin Knight, chief strategy and planning officer at Etihad, said: “Our cargo network continues to expand, and with the addition of new main deck operations to Riyadh, Sydney and Vienna we are significantly adding to the scale of our global operations and linking many parts of the world via our Abu Dhabi hub.”

The new service to Sydney comes as Etihad adds its first 747-8 freighter to the fleet, under an agreement with Atlas Air. The full liveried Etihad Cargo aircraft will be the largest in the carrier’s fleet, offering a payload capacity of 138 tonness and a range of more than 8,000km.

This is the second such agreement between Atlas Air and Etihad, complementing an existing lease for a 747-400F. The delivery will take Etihad Cargo’s freighter fleet to nine aircraft. From June the airline will operate three B777Fs, one 747-400ERF, one 747-400F and three Airbus A330-200Fs.

In 2012, Etihad Cargo delivered tonnage growth of 19 per cent on the back of a capacity increase of 14 per cent in available tonnage kilometres.

http://australianaviation.com.au/201...7-8f-to-fleet/

[Brian Wilkes]

hmmm this might kill off Thai Cargo to Sydney. Seems that the middle East carriers can deliver cargo to Europe and beyond cheaper!

[Stefan Perkas]

Evening all,

Sydney services starting Tuesday 4/6/13. Timetable as follows....

Arriving/Departing Sydney on Tuesday's
EY960 Dep AUH 1135 Arr SIN 2255 Dep SIN 0055+1 Arr SYD 1030+1
EY961 Dep SYD 1300 Arr HKG 2000

Arriving/Departing Sydney on Friday's
EY960 Dep AUH 1225 Arr SIN 2345 Dep SIN 0200+1 Arr SYD 1130+1
EY961 Dep SYD 2100 Arr HKG 0400+1

[Mike W]

Originally Posted by Brian Wilkes

Seems that the middle East carriers can deliver cargo to Europe and beyond cheaper!

Not to mention "people" too.

[Shaal L]

is this service still going ?

[Robbie Mathieson]

Originally Posted by Shaal L

is this service still going ?

It was certainly still going on the 11th October as I saw EY's 77F parked on the freight apron next to the International Terminal.

[Shaal L]

hmm. i was down spotting at yssy last fri during the time it was meant to be there and didnt see it

also when i search ey960 it shows up hong kong to dacca

[Grahame Hutchison]

No visit since 15th October 2013 ...
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[Shaal L]

thx grahame

wonder why?

[Brad Varney]

EY cargo ceased operations to YSSY as of 15/10/12.