Russia's AirBridgeCargo delivers food to NATO forces in Afghanistan

2012 05 08


RUSSIA's Volga-Dnepr Group has flown 100 tonnes of food supplies to NATO's International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) personnel in Afghanistan using one of AirBridgeCargo Airlines' Boeing 747 freighters.

The flight from Riga to Bagram was the first flight by ABC to be operated within this project and was performed on behalf of American Supreme Food Supply via National Air Cargo, said the airlines press release.

The perishables cargo arrived in Riga from the United States in refrigerated sea containers and onboard scheduled airline flights, said the report.

UN-mandated NATO-led forces in Afghanistan include troops from the US, UK, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Germany, France, Hungary, Italy, Spain, Turkey, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Croatia, Georgia, Denmark, Belgium, Czech Republic, Norway, Sweden, Bulgaria, South Korea, Slovakia, Albania, Azerbaijan, Slovenia, Singapore and El Salvdor, said the release.

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