SkyTeam Cargo wins `Best Air Freight Alliance' award

SkyTeam Cargo honored with the Asian Freight and Supply Chain Awards

SEOUL, KOREA (May. 4, 2005) – SkyTeam Cargo wins `Best Air Freight Alliance' award at the 2005 Asian Freight and Supply Chain Awards (AFSCAs) ceremony in Hong Kong April 27.

The AFSCAs are widely regarded as the most authoritative and prestigious awards for the industry in Asia, which is organized by Cargonews Asia, the region’s leading freight and logistics publication. More than 12,500 readers of Cargonews Asia were polled to select companies that are the best service providers in 41 industry-specific categories.

The finale of the ceremony was “Best Air Freight Alliance” award. SkyTeam Cargo won this award, coming in ahead of rival alliance WOW (membered by JAL Cargo, Lufthansa Cargo, SAS Cargo und Singapore Airlines Cargo).

The representatives of Korean Air Cargo, KLM Cargo and Alitalia Cargo went to the stage and accepted the award together. Korean Air Cargo's Managing Vice President Sales Hong Kong, Mr. Nam-Sun Kim commented that “Winning AFSCA is very significant for SkyTeam Cargo, because the winners are chosen by world’s influential shippers. SkyTeam Cargo members have been focusing on the synergies created by our alliance that reduce costs or increase revenue, but –especially those which improve customer service. Over the past five years, member cooperation has reduced lease costs by co-locating cargo operations, put in place universal handling procedures designed to streamline and provide consistency of handling processes and implemented single point of contact convenience, allowing our customers to gain access to the global network offerings of all the carriers via any one of them.”

SkyTeam Cargo continues to grow as the leading global airline cargo alliance, aligning Aeroméxico Cargo, Air France Cargo, KLM Cargo, Alitalia Cargo, CSA Cargo, Delta Air Logistics and Korean Air Cargo. Through one of the world's most extensive hub networks, SkyTeam Cargo offers its customers a worldwide system of more than 540 destinations in 127  unduplicated countries, while still providing a consistent standard of performance, quality and detailed attention to service. In 2003, SkyTeam Cargo partners carried 21.1 billion freight ton kilometers throughout the world. 

SkyTeam Cargo also provides an efficient regional trucking network in the U.S. Europe and Asia and more than 72 percent of the freight that moves through common SkyTeam cities is processed through integrated warehouse operations or by common ground handlers, enhancing the convenience, reliability and benefits that customers already experience.  For more information, please go to www.skyteamcargo.com.

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