OREANDA-NEWS. February 07, 2011. Boeing 747-400SF took off from Shanghai airport at 9:50 (local time), made a technical stop at the Novosibirsk (Tolmachevo), was exposed to the procedure of ground handling and refueling and in an hour started to Frankfurt- Hahn.

At the opening ceremony of the first ACG Air Cargo Germany transit flight the Minister of transport and roads department in Novosibirsk region Nicolas Simonov said:

- I congratulate the airport with the obtaining of new air cargo partner. This is a successful result of the state’s efforts and the airport itself related with the enterprise modernization. Airport is undergoing now the stage of the further development and has possibilities to increase the volume of air cargo carriages. It possesses all necessary capacities to accomplish this task.

Director Quality &Security Mrs. Petra Becker also commented on the company’s flights opening to Novosibirsk:

- The both parts flexibility and readiness to the cooperation made the project real to operate the flights with technical stop in Novosibirsk. The air company got a great support from Russian Government, Novosibirsk region authorities and airport Tolmachevo management staff. This impressed us a lot as the team working is very important in realizing such projects.

Deputy director general of the JSC “Tolmachevo” Vadim Kalmykov in his turn noticed that the coming of new company became a remarkable event in this year:

- Airport believes in further serious cooperation with ACG Air Cargo Germany because it has become the first European air cargo company among airport’s partners.