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One Air commences Boeing 747 freighter operations at East Midlands Airport

The central UK airport will now be a long-established initiating effect and destination level for One Air’s Boeing 747 400 freighter products and providers connecting Asia and Europe and for advert hoc world constitution products and providers.

“East Midlands Airport has loads of main plus positive aspects which derive it beautiful for all-cargo operations, alongside with the provision of slots and fewer restrictions round night flying when compared to other airports. EMA additionally has a extraordinarily understanding and innovative attitude in opposition to freighter operators. As a rising British airline, we now stay wide awake for organising our presence at EMA and supporting our freight forwarding, logistics and constitution clients transferring items to and from the UK,” acknowledged Chris Hope, One Air’s Chief Working Officer.

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One Air’s first flight into the East Midlands arrived from Hong Kong at the weekend with a 105-tonne payload.

EMA boasts one-discontinuance connections to 185 of the realm’s greatest cities, alongside with Recent York, Singapore, Dubai, Hong Kong, Tokyo, Paris, and Mumbai, and is dwelling to the UK’s most main specific air freight hub.

It permits cargo operators and their clients to transfer items rapidly and successfully round the globe. The airport handles the identical of bigger than 1,000,000 packages every night, and its cargo operation provides main purple meat up to regional businesses, alongside with those within the superior manufacturing, aerospace, prescribed medications, and car sectors. It contributes round £443 million GVA to the regional financial system.

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EMA’s Commercial Director, Chris Lane, added: “We’re contented to welcome One Air to East Midlands Airport. They bolster what’s already a highly worthwhile, nationally considerable cargo operation that advantages from a strategic central effect, fewer restrictions than many other airports, and a crew that’s dedicated to offering a top-class provider. We hope that is the initiating of a lengthy-standing partnership with One Air to relief us proceed to non-public seamless alternate that powers the UK.”

Yefri Rodriguez

Yefri started his cargo journey 15 years ago with Cargo Airport Services. He enjoyed handling the day to day operations for KLM and various other carriers that C.A.S handled at that time. In 2009 Yefri started his career with Qatar Airways as a customer service agent. He worked his way to becoming a Senior Sales Executive in 2014. He now holds the position as the North East Sales Manager for Qatar Airways. He is responsible for the JFK,PHL and BOS stations. He leads a team of sales, customer service and operation agents that are very passionate and dedicated to provide a 5 star service.

Yefri started his cargo journey 15 years ago with Cargo Airport Services. He enjoyed handling the day to day operations for KLM and various other carriers that C.A.S handled at that time. In 2009 Yefri started his career with Qatar Airways as a customer service agent. He worked his way to becoming a Senior Sales Executive in 2014. He now holds the position as the North East Sales Manager for Qatar Airways. He is responsible for the JFK,PHL and BOS stations. He leads a team of sales, customer service and operation agents that are very passionate and dedicated to provide a 5 star service.