CMA CGM Air Cargo is the

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division of the

CMA CGM The Compagnie maritime d'affrètement - Compagnie générale maritime or CMA CGM is a French shipping and logistics company founded in 1978 by Jacques Saadé. The name is an acronym of two predecessor companies, Compagnie Maritime d'Affrètemen ...

shipping group. It operates primarily out of

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in Paris, France and Chicago

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, US.

History

The company was founded in 2021 and launched operations with four Airbus A330-200Fs, initially operated by Air Belgium, based in

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. These aircraft have been progressively re-registered in France and based at Charles-de-Gaulle airport in Paris together with two

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s delivered in June 2022. In November 2021 and June 2022, CMA CGM Air Cargo ordered four Airbus A350Fs and two additional Boeing 777Fs respectively. In May 2022, CMA CGM, the airline's parent company signed a strategic partnership with

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to develop their air cargo capacities together. However, this partnership, implemented in April 2023, has been terminated by mutual agreement in January 2024 without change in the 9% stake acquired by CMA CGM in the Franco-Dutch airline group. In August 2024, the company took delivery of a third Boeing 777F and inaugurated new services between the US and Asia in partnership with US air cargo carrier

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(the US cargo company operates the plane on behalf of the French carrier). ''CMA CGM Air Cargo launches transpacific route with latest 777f'' on Air Cargo News site https://www.aircargonews.net/airlines/cma-cgm-air-cargo-launches-transpacific-route-with-latest-777f/ retrieved 30 August 2024 The company also retired two of its three Airbus A330-200F towards the end of the second quarter. A fourth Boeing 777F was delivered in April 2025 for operations under the same conditions by Atlas Air. In April 2025, the takeover of former partner company Air Belgium - as well as a delay in A350F deliveries to 2027 - was confirmed in the media. https://www.aircargonews.net/freighter-operators/cma-cgm-set-to-double-its-freighter-fleet-following-air-belgium-takeover-approval/1079889. Retrieved on 10 April 2025 CMA CGM announced, however, that Air Belgium would be kept as a distinct operation, under its own brand.

Destinations

CMA CGM Air Cargo flies to the following destinations (this table displays the current scheduled flight destinations published on the company's internet site or retrieved on tracking sites such as Flightradar24): Scheduled flights on the CMA CGM website https://www.cma-cgm.com/air-freight/scheduled-flights - retrieved 30 August 2024

Fleet

, CMA CGM Air Cargo operates the following aircraft:

References

{{Airlines of France Airlines of France Airlines established in 2021 French companies established in 2021 Compagnie Générale Transatlantique

History

Destinations

Fleet

See also

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