Report by : Gan Yung Chyan
/ KUCINTA SETIA
Aeromexico launches its first
Dreamliner cargo flight from Mexico City to Shenzhen via Narita on 25 May 2020
under flight AM9010. The Dreamliner flight transit in Narita on 26 May 2020
before embarking on the voyage in the afternoon towards Shenzhen on the same day.
On 27 May 2020, Aeromexico under
flight AM9011 departs at 7.40 pm from Shenzhen non-stop for Mexico City with
18.5 tons of protective medical supplies including more than 3.86 million face
masks.
The Shenzhen - Mexico City route is
the longest intercontinental route of Shenzhen Bao'an International Airport.
Andres Conesa, CEO of Grupo
Aeromexico commented on the return inaugural passenger-turn-cargo flight,
"I want to thank flight attendants, pilots, cargo technicians,
maintenance, airports, ground support, training, administrative, and management
teams for their support and commitment to continue flying."
He added, "I also want to
thank the Mexican Government, the Civil Aviation Administration of China,
airport authorities and all Chinese partners, as well as private companies for
giving us their trust and support to transport these important supplies and
continue writing new stories for Mexico."
Before 1 July 2020, Aeromexico
plans to conduct more cargo flights to Shenzhen, in addition to the usual contingency
flights to Pudong. It has completed 100 exclusive cargo operations in more than
57 intercontinental trips this week. It has transported medical supplies to 14
countries, with more than 1,400 tons of cargo in 3,600 flight hours involving
1,300 employees.
Aeromexico meanwhile announces
flight resumptions on its route network as the covid epidemic in Mexico has
eased. Passenger flights to Incheon, Chicago, Guatemala, Managua and San Pedro
Sula resume on 1 June 2020 while commercial flights to Narita, Lima, Las Vegas,
San Francisco and Seattle resume on 1 July 2020 (https://aeromexico.com/en-us/notifications-for-passengers).
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