Oman Air-Cargolux launch second freighter flight to Chennai

Oman Air-Cargolux has launched a second full freighter flight from Chennai to Muscat, strengthening its presence in the Indian market by accessing the industrial belts of South India.
The cargo flight service to Chennai was launched yesterday. The addition of Chennai to the Oman Air Cargolux network is the cooperation's latest step in expanding its air freight services from Oman to India, the company said in a statement.
The Oman Air-Cargolux cooperation was established to enable state-run airlines and Luxembourg-based Cargolux to jointly access new freighter destinations and contribute to the development of Oman's logistics hub.
It will allow Cargolux to utilise Oman Air's experience of flying to a range of global destinations, including 11 destinations in India. In addition, it enables Oman Air to further expand its cargo operation and build on the range of initiatives the airline has introduced over recent years, the statement said.

"We are pleased to announce that Oman Air and Cargolux will now operate two full freighter flights from Chennai to Muscat. The new service will enable us to strengthen our presence within the Indian market by accessing the industrial belts of South India," Mafoodh Al Harthy, Chief Office Sales at Oman Air said.
"We look forward to seeing our new services to Chennai rapidly become a cornerstone for the transportation of cargo between India, the Middle East and Europe," he said.

On April 15 this year, Cargolux's full freighter services from Luxembourg to India via Oman was launched.
The importance and value of the cooperation and partnership with Oman Air which made the reintroduction of cargo services to India possible and, effective August 11th, we will go to 2 weekly flights ex Chennai," Niek van der Weide ,Executive Vice President Sales and Marketing of Cargolux Airlines said.

"India will be a very important market for Cargolux in the future and we will look at further expansion soon with planned addition of Bombay as a 2nd destination," he added.