Etihad Airways, the national airline of the United Arab Emirates, has extended its wet lease contracts for two A300-600RF aircraft with Maximus Air Cargo until August 2012.

Etihad has wet leased two regional freighters from Maximus since June 2009, operating both scheduled and charter services between the Middle East, the Indian subcontinent, East Africa, and China.

Roy Kinnear, Etihad Airways’ Senior Vice President of Crystal Cargo, said: “The relationship with Maximus Air Cargo is an important one for Etihad. The company continues to prove its outstanding reliability in high utilisation aircraft lease operations, and we are pleased to extend our partnership.

“Etihad’s cargo operation is an increasingly important segment of the airline’s business. Our growing passenger fleet offers enormous potential to carry increasing quantities of cargo between Abu Dhabi and the rest of the world. Our arrangement with Maximus provides an extra opportunity, supplementing the capacity available in the belly space of the Etihad fleet and on our own dedicated freighters.”

About Maximus: Maximus is the largest freighter-only air operator in the Middle East and currently has a staff of more than 140, operating a fleet of all-cargo Antonov An-124-100, Airbus A300-600RF, Ilyushin IL-76TD, and Lockheed Hercules L382G aircraft operating across the Middle East, Europe, Africa, and Asia.

About Etihad Crystal Cargo: Etihad’s cargo division operates a fleet of six dedicated cargo aircraft consisting of two Airbus A300-600F, two Airbus A330-200F and two MD-11F aircraft that fly on scheduled services to Europe, Asia and Africa. The schedule includes services to: 20 Middle East & African destinations, 17 European destinations, 18 Indian Sub-Continent and 15 Far East and Australian destinations. This includes 11 freighter-only destinations of Bangalore, Erbil, Guangzhou, Hahn, Kolkata, Kabul, Lagos, Nairobi, N’djamena, Shanghai, and Tripoli.

In addition, Etihad carries cargo on its passenger flights to over 66 destinations worldwide.
 

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