AirBridgeCargo

The company entered the scheduled cargo market on 1 April 2004, when the first AirBridgeCargo branded Boeing 747 made its inaugural commercial flight on route from Beijing to Luxembourg.{{citation needed|date=July 2022}}

As of March 2022, AirBridgeCargo was forced to suspend all operations due to sanctions against Russia which rendered the entire fleet unusable.[https://www.aircargonews.net/airlines/freighter-operator/vdg-confirms-suspension-of-airbridgecargo-and-atran-operations/ aircargonews.net - VDG confirms suspension of AirBridgeCargo and Atran operations] 21 March 2022 In July 2022, the airline announced it would comply with sanctions and prepare to return 14 leased aircraft - which made up the majority of its fleet - to its lessors.[https://www.aircargonews.net/airlines/freighter-operator/airbridgecargo-applies-to-return-freighters-to-lessors/ aircargonews.net - AirBridgeCargo applies to return freighters to lessors] 1 July 2022

In March 2023, it became known that the company planned to resume flights using Ilyushin Il-96 aircraft. Volga-Dnepr had begun searching for pilots with appropriate training.{{Cite web|url=https://www.rbc.ru/business/28/03/2023/642326ee9a794786f61ae894|title=Крупнейшая грузовая компания России возобновит полеты после года простоя|language=ru|date=2023-03-28|website=rbc.ru}} However, by late 2023 these plans were abandoned, with two Il-96 formerly stored and already prepared for AirBridgeCargo being delivered to Sky Gates Airlines instead.[https://www.flugrevue.de/zivil/il-96-400t-fuer-sky-gates-die-zweifach-neulackierte-iljuschin-geht-jetzt-in-dienst/ flugrevue.de] (German) 4 December 2023

Prior to the suspension of all services, ABC had been present in Asia, Europe and North America. It operates a scheduled freighter route network of 37 destinations as of November 2019, focused on Europe, Asia and the United States.[https://www.airbridgecargo.com/en/page/29/our-network airbridgecargo.com - Our network] retrieved 27 February 2021

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As of March 2024, AirBridgeCargo currently no longer operates any aircraft after returning their fleet to its lessors.

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AirBridgeCargo formerly operated the following aircraft:{{Citation needed|date=October 2024}}

• On September 11, 2012, an AirBridgeCargo Boeing 747-8F experienced a major engine malfunction that spread a significant amount of metallic debris on the runway. Like in a similar event during pre-flight taxi tests, the low pressure turbine shaft separated and moved the low pressure turbine (by design to avoid turbine overspeed) backwards braking on surrounding hardware.{{cite web |url=http://avherald.com/h?article=455c2b52&opt=0 |author=Simon Hradecky |title=Incident: Air Bridge Cargo B748 at Shanghai on Sep 11th 2012, rejected takeoff}}{{vague|Clarify text in 2nd sentence|date=December 2019}}{{importance inline|date=July 2022}}
• On July 31, 2013, an AirBridgeCargo Boeing 747-8F experienced core engine icing that caused engine malfunctions and damage to three engines near Chengdu, China, while en route to Hong Kong; the aircraft landed safely at its destination. Boeing and General Electric would later work on software changes to mitigate the effects of core engine icing.{{cite web |url=http://www.aviationweek.com/Article.aspx?id=/article-xml/AW_09_02_2013_p20-610669.xml |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131213005534/http://www.aviationweek.com/Article.aspx?id=%2Farticle-xml%2FAW_09_02_2013_p20-610669.xml |archive-date=December 13, 2013 |author=Guy Norris |title=Core Engine Icing Strikes Russian 747-8F |date=September 2, 2013 |work=Aviation Week |access-date=September 2, 2013 |url-status=dead |df=mdy-all }}{{cite web |url=http://avherald.com/h?article=46679ba1 |author=Simon Hradecky |title=Incident: Air Bridhe Cargo B748 near Hong Kong on Jul 31st 2013, both left hand engines surged at same time, one right hand engine damaged too |date=n.d. |access-date=September 2, 2013}}{{cite web |url=http://atwonline.com/safety/russia-investigate-airbridgecargo-747-8f-engine-incident-boeing-ge |author=Polina Borodina |title=Russia to investigate AirBridgeCargo 747-8F engine incident with Boeing, GE |date=n.d. |access-date=September 2, 2013}}{{importance inline|date=July 2022}}

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