AIR BELGIUM to expand air cargo ops

Air Belgium is looking to expand in the air cargo market through the addition of B747-8 freighter aircraft operations. The airline’s expansion in the cargo market shouldn’t come as too much of a surprise, Air Belgium already operates four A330200 freighter aircraft on behalf of French shipping and logistics firm CMA CGM. Also, the airline is headed up Niky Terzakis who until 2014 was managing director/chief executive of express carrier TNT Airways. At this stage details of the airline’s plans for cargo operations are thin on the ground – it is not known how many B747F freighters the airline plans to operate or where it will base them.