Cargolux Italia has launch a twice a week B747 freighter service between Milan-Malpensa in Italy, and Incheon in South Korea.
The service by the Cargolux subsidiary will be routed Malpensa-Incheon-Zhengzhou-Malpensa. The main commodities on the route will include fashion items, machinery, luxury cars, pharmaceuticals, and perishables.
Seoul is the fourth largest export destination out of Italy, behind New York, Shanghai, and Hong Kong but ahead of Tokyo in fifth place.
Although Cargolux Italia does not serve Shanghai and Tokyo directly, they are linked via road feeder services from Zhengzhou and Osaka respectively.
Fabrizio Cortese, Chief Executive Officer Cargolux Italia, said: “The Korean destination was the last missing piece to complete our network with the top five Italian export destinations.”
Cargolux Italia, based in Milan-Malpensa, Italy has grown over ten years to be the number one all-cargo carrier in the country, operating a fleet of four B747 purpose-built freighters to 11 destinations worldwide, including transpacific routes.
