Saudi Airlines Cargo is to launch a weekly freighter flight to Accra, Ghana, starting March 25, 2012.The new service, which will operate once a week using the airline's B747 freighters, heralds the company's further expansion into Africa. "Ghana is an emerging market with enormous business potential for air cargo. The addition of this new destination will help us to increase our activities in Africa, where we already operate scheduled B747 freighters from Saudi Arabia to Nairobi, Lagos, Addis Ababa, N'djamena, Khartoum and Johannesburg," said Peter Scholten, VP Commercial at Saudi Airlines Cargo. "The commencement of the new Saudi operation coincides with the opening of a new Perishable Cargo Centre, maintaining the high quality of the fruit and vegetable supply chain. Together with the forthcoming construction of a major new Cargo Terminal and Hub operation, opening up 11 West/Central African destinations with scheduled cargo feeder services, we see exciting new opportunities for this new service to Accra".
