CMA CGM launched its air freight division, CMA CGM Air Cargo, in February 2021, commencing commercial operations in March with its first flight between Liege (Belgium) and Chicago, followed by flights to New York, Atlanta and Dubai. The first four freighters are 60-tonne-payload Airbus A330-200F freighter aircraft.
Although privately held, shipping and logistics operator CMA CGM Group has been making waves. In the latest James Bond franchise, No Time to Die, a light aircraft flies daringly below some CMA CGM cranes in Kingston Container Terminal in Jamaica, operated by the French group.
Originally a container freight forwarding operator that acquired Neptune Orient Lines (NOL) in 2016, CMA CGM announced, on Sept 29, the purchase of two new Boeing 777 Freighters to grow the group’s air freight division operations.
