Maximus Air Cargo, the Abu-Dhabi headquartered specialist cargo heavy-lift operator says it saw outstanding growth during the first nine months of 2008. Freight-ton kilometres flown grew to 278 million - up from 69 million in the same period of 2007, an increase of 401 per cent.
Hours flown were up 365 per cent from 1,885 to 6,883, delivering a 227 per cent growth in sales revenue from US$38 million to US$86.4 million. Commercial contracts accounted for 75 per cent of the hours flown, with the balance coming from UAE government entities.
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