Coyne Airways starts service to Almaty, Kazakhstan

LONDON's cargo carrier Coyne Airways has launched a new twice-weekly service using Boeing 747-200 freighter to Almaty, Kazakhstan's principal city, its ninth destination in the country.

Flights will depart Thursdays and Sundays from Hahn Airport in Germany, arriving in Almaty at 1800 hrs on Thursdays and 2000 hrs on Sundays.

Coyne will also market capacity to Moscow, served by the 747F en route to Almaty.

The carrier is selling the service to freight forwarding customers in the United States and Canada as well as the UK and Ireland to meet increasing demand.

Coyne will work with its interline partners to transport cargoes to Almaty from US and Canada on a through air waybill. From UK and Ireland, shipments will be trucked to Hahn to connect with the 747F departures.

In addition to Almaty, Coyne Airways also provides regular all-cargo services to the Kazakh cities of Aktau, Atyrau, Uralsk, Aktobe, Astana, Chimkent, Aksai and Kzyl-Orda.

Coyne Airways has been providing cargo services to difficult-to-reach destinations since 1994, pioneering routes into the Caucacus, Central Asia, the oil and gas rich Sakhalin Island, Iraq and Afghanistan.