Luanda – Angola’s Airlines TAAG starts operating this week on the Changsha/Luanda/São Paulo route (China, Angola and Brazil), for the exclusive transport of cargo, with an annual turnover of US$200 million.
The completion of this operation results from a commercial agreement signed between TAAG and the Chinese aviation business group Lucky Aviation on Wednesday in Luanda.
Speaking at the signing ceremony, TAAG CEO, Eduardo Fairen, explained that the route will be operated, initially, by a Boeing 777-200 ER type aircraft.
The aircraft, with a capacity of 56 tons of various goods, with stress to raw material, agricultural products, electronic material, clothing, among other goods, will make two flights a week (about 80 hours of flights).
As for the agreement, the CEO said that, later, TAAG plans to scale to other Chinese cities, focusing on Hong Kong, Chengdu Tianfu, Guangzhou, Chengdu Shuangliu, Shanghai Hongqiao and Beijing, capital of China.
The general representative of China Lucky Aviation (CLCA) in Angola, Tongxi Li, said that the agreement signed will generate 200 direct jobs at Angola’s airports.
He said the partnership between Lucky Aviation and TAAG is an example of successful economic cooperation and bringing the commercial aviation sector closer between the two countries.
Tongxi Li assured that CLCA is working, with the support of the two governments to build two international air logistics hubs for passengers and cargo, selecting Angola as a key country, in the context of supporting the improvement of the international image of Angolan airports.
Source: Angola Press News Agency