ACG Air Cargo Global (Bratislava) has secured its Air Operators Certificate from the Slovakian civil aviation authority (Letecký Úrad Slovenskej Republiky - LÚSR) CargoForwarder Global has reported.
ACG's next step in its quest for certification is the inspection of its B747-400(F), leased from Iceland's Avion Aircraft Trading, by Frankfurt Hahn-based MRO specialists, Haitec. The start-up's first ex-ACG Air Cargo Germany B747 freighter leased from Avion is OM-ACG (msn 24311).
Among the initial routes to be served are Frankfurt to Hong Kong International via Dubai International and occasional services from Bratislava to neighbouring Eastern European capitals.
ACG is majority owned by Slovakian tycoon, Igor Bondarenko, with former Aeroflot-Cargo (Moscow Sheremetyevo) boss, Andrey Goryashko, holding a minority stake.
