August 25 - ACP Worldwide has been appointed cargo general sales agent (GSA) across South Africa for Saudia Cargo.
Saudia Cargo currently operates three times weekly B747 freighter flights from Johannesburg to Jeddah and Amsterdam. In addition to this freighter capacity, ACP will also be able to sell belly space on the carrier's three times weekly B777-200 wide-body flights between Johannesburg and Jeddah, a total of 50 tonnes of lower deck cargo capacity per week.
Main business from South Africa is destined for the three principal hubs in Saudi Arabia - Jeddah, Riyadh and Dammam - with onward traffic to destinations such as Amsterdam, London, Brussels and Khartoum.
In response to this appointment, ACP's Johannesburg based team has deployed additional reservations and operations staff who will be dedicated to the Saudia Cargo portfolio.