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More than 6,300 flights and 370,000 tons of air freight

More than 6,300 flights and 370,000 tons of air freight: Vienna Airport and Asiana Airlines celebrate 25th anniversary Vienna Airport and Asiana Airlines are celebrating 25 years of successful partnership: Since the first cargo flight in 1999, the South Korean airline has transported more than 370,000 tons of air freight between Vienna and Incheon on over 6,300 flights - an important contribution to the economic networking between Austria and South Korea.

To mark this significant milestone, the airport and the airline celebrated the long-standing cooperation at an evening event with

Sang Wook HAM, Ambassador of the Republic of Korea to Austria

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Yun Kyu OH, Head of Cargo at Asiana Airlines, Michael Zach, Senior Vice President Ground Handling & Cargo Operations at Vienna Airport AG and Belina Neumann, Vice President Aviation Development at Vienna Airport AG. Asiana Airlines

: 25 years of cargo connection between Incheon and Vienna Asiana Airlines is one of the leading South Korean airlines, based in South Korea's capital Seoul and based at the nearby Incheon Airport. Through its global network, it connects important economic centers in Asia, North America and Europe. Thanks to a geographically ideal location and excellent handling infrastructure, the airline uses Vienna Airport as a European logistics hub. Asiana Airlines currently operates six cargo flights a week with Boeing 747 aircraft between the Austrian capital and Incheon. An average of 45 tons of cargo (import and export) are transported per flight. Vienna Airport plays an important role as a freight transshipment point to and from Asia, particularly for automobile production in Central and Eastern Europe.

Original article Image source: airliners.net

 
 

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