SkyTeam Cargo

SkyTeam Cargo
Full members8
HeadquartersAmstelveen, Netherlands[1]
ManagementJohn Engelaan (Vice President Cargo)[2]
Teddy Zebitz (Chairperson)[3]
Websitewww.skyteamcargo.com

SkyTeam Cargo is a global cargo alliance in which all members are also members of the SkyTeam airline alliance. SkyTeam Cargo is the largest cargo alliance; it competes with the WOW Alliance.[citation needed]

History

A Boeing 747-400F belonging to Korean Air Cargo, an inaugural SkyTeam Cargo member.

Following the founding of the airline alliance SkyTeam on 22 June 2000, the creation of its cargo division, SkyTeam Cargo, was announced in September that year.[4] The alliance's inaugural members were Aeroméxico Cargo, Air France Cargo, Delta Air Logistics, and Korean Air Cargo, whose passenger airline operations are members of SkyTeam.[citation needed]

In 2001, Czech Airlines Cargo and Alitalia Cargo joined in April and August, respectively.[5] Both divisions joined the cargo alliance within days of CSA Czech Airlines (25 March) and Alitalia (27 July) joining SkyTeam.

KLM Cargo joined SkyTeam Cargo in September 2004, four months after the merger of Air France and KLM, which subsequently created the Air France-KLM holding company.[6] The following year, in September, Northwest Airlines Cargo joined the cargo alliance, a move which came one year after Northwest Airlines joined SkyTeam. However, on 14 April 2008, Northwest merged with Delta Air Lines, which led to the largest airline in the world. China Southern Airlines joined the cargo alliance by November 2010.[citation needed] By November 2013, Aerolíneas Argentinas, one of the leading South American carriers, joined the SkyTeam Cargo Alliance adding more than 30 Latin American destinations to the global network.[7]

Current members

As of October 2024, SkyTeam Cargo has 9 active member airlines; some do not operate dedicated cargo aircraft, they offer space in the baggage compartments of their passenger aircraft only.[8][9]

Member airline Joined Division airline
Argentina Aerolíneas Argentinas Cargo 6 November 2013[10] Aerolíneas Argentinas
Mexico Aeroméxico Cargo September 2000 Aeroméxico
FranceNetherlands Air France-KLM Cargo September 2000 (Air France Cargo)
September 2004 (KLM Cargo) 		Air France-KLM
China China Cargo Airlines 5 June 2013[11] China Eastern Airlines
United States Delta Cargo[12] September 2000 Delta Air Lines
Italy ITA Airways Cargo 17 November 2021 ITA Airways
South Korea Korean Air Cargo September 2000 Korean Air
Saudi Arabia Saudia Cargo 15 April 2019[13] Saudia

Suspended members

As of December 2023, following cargo airline suspended SkyTeam Cargo.[14]

Member airline Joined Suspended Parent airline
Russia Aeroflot Cargo May 2011 27 April 2022 Aeroflot

Former members

As of December 2023, following cargo airline left SkyTeam Cargo.[8]

Member airline Joined Exited Parent airline
Italy Alitalia Cargo August 2011 October 2021 Alitalia
Taiwan China Airlines Cargo 3 October 2012 TBA China Airlines
China China Southern Airlines Cargo October 2010 January 2019 China Southern Airlines
Czech Republic Czech Airlines Cargo April 2011 October 2024 Czech Airlines
United States Northwest Airlines Cargo September 2005 December 2009 Northwest Airlines

References

  1. ^ "Our members". SkyTeam Cargo. Retrieved 2 May 2024.
  2. ^ "SkyTeam Cargo Welcomes John Engelaan as Vice President Cargo". SkyTeam Cargo. 11 April 2024. Retrieved 2 May 2024.
  3. ^ "Saudia Cargo CEO Re-elected to Chair SkyTeam Cargo Alliance". Transport & Logistics. 1 November 2022.
  4. ^ "A History Of SkyTeam". breakingtravelnews.com. 27 July 2001. Retrieved 30 September 2010.
  5. ^ "Nuestra Historia | SkyTeam Cargo". www.skyteam.com. Retrieved 2023-01-28.
  6. ^ "Air France-KLM Reference Document - SEC.gov".
  7. ^ "Aerolineas Argentinas Cargo joins SkyTeam Cargo Alliance / aviator.aero". www.aviator.aero.
  8. ^ a b "History of Cargo Alliance". SkyTeam Cargo.
  9. ^ "Our members". SkyTeam Cargo.
  10. ^ "Aerolineas Argentinas Cargo Joins the SkyTeam Cargo Alliance". SkyTeam Cargo.
  11. ^ "China Cargo Airlines Officially Joins the SkyTeam Cargo Alliance". SkyTeam Cargo.
  12. ^ "Delta Cargo". deltacargo.com. Retrieved 2 May 2024.
  13. ^ "Saudia Cargo joins Skyteam Cargo". Ch-Aviation.
  14. ^ "SkyTeam and Aeroflot have agreed to temporarily suspend the airline's SkyTeam membership" (Press release). SkyTeam. 27 April 2022.