Eurasian Integration Yearbook 2012

Aigul Absametova. “Developing Air Transport Potentialof the EurAsEC Countries”Advanced Economic Cooperationin Sectors and IndustriesEurAsEC’s largest cargo carrier is AirBridgeCargo, a member of the Volga-DneprGroup. The company uses Boeing 747F aircraft on Europe-Asia and other routes(see Table 10.10). Polet is another emerging air carrier. This company becamethe first operator of the IL-96-400 freighter. Five airlines, AirBridgeCargo,Aeroflot, Volga-Dnepr, Polet and Transaero, account for about 84% of all cargotraffic in EurAsEC.Airline 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009Belarus2010(estimate)Belavia 1,181 1,810 2,000 2,000 N/AKazakhstanAir Astana 15,857 20,420 38,000 48,000 38,000 N/AKyrgyzstanKyrghystan 2,707 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/ARussiaAirBridgeCargo N/A N/A N/A 1,101,798 1,317,708 2,057,883Aeroflot 866,800 885,000 457,000 390,996 399,867 952,172Aeroflot Cargo N/A N/A N/A 436,650 426,000 -Volga-Dnepr 748,369 995,000 661,779 618,826 526,108 499,292Polet N/A N/A 179,138 161,660 105,895 246,402Transaero 73,338 78,000 93,048 130,032 170,803 234,421AviaconCitotransN/A N/A N/A 55,459 61,336 101,400Sibiria/S7 67,107 82,000 92,310 120,168 98,523 91,413Vladivostok Avia 28,765 33,000 25,830 32,496 40,907 70,479Aerostars N/A N/A 20,617 25,300 25,954 36,302Utair 14,401 17,000 21,450 23,206 23,071 31,969Ural Airlines 14,969 14,000 13,800 15,000 20,112 32,748Alrosa N/A N/A 56,783 56,247 34,912 30,100TajikistanTajikistan 7031 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/ASomon Air N/A N/A N/A N/A 1,830 N/ATable 10.10.Scheduled cargotraffic by EurAsEC’slargest airlines in2005-2010(million tkm)Source: ATW (2010)Note: N/A – data notavailableThe specific features of EurAsEC’s air cargo market are that its domestic carriersare market leaders in non-scheduled flights by ramp aircraft and that foreigncompanies are now expanding their presence in the express cargo and maildelivery markets.The express delivery market in EurAsEC is dominated by the “Big Four” (DHL,TNT Express, United Parcel Service and Federal Express) and accounts for moreEurasian Development Bank175