Humanitarian call inaugurates Etihad’s new freighter

A special charter carrying
medical and humanitarian
supplies to Pakistan inaugurated
Etihad Crystal Cargo’s new
A330-200 freighter last week.
The aircraft was deployed to
Karachi and utilised its capacity
of 59 tonnes.
Etihad worked with
UK-based Chapman Freeborn
Airchartering, charter specialists
on the project. The charter flight
began in Billund, Denmark, and
flew first to Abu Dhabi and then
on to Karachi.
The A330-200F charter is
the latest in a series of relief
flights Chapman Freeborn has
completed in recent weeks.
The company has airlifted
nearly 2000 tons of relief
cargo to Pakistan on behalf of
governments and international
aid agencies on over 30 flights
contracted to date.
Etihad Crystal Cargo also
operated relief flights to Haiti
following the earthquake
that hit the country in
January 2010.