SkyTeam Cargo

SkyTeam Cargo
Full members	12
Headquarters	Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, Haarlemmermeer, Netherlands
Website	www.skyteam.com/en/cargo

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.^[1] 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.^{[citation needed]} 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.^{[citation needed]} 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.^[2]

Current members[]

As of December 2017, SkyTeam Cargo has twelve member airlines; some do not operate dedicated cargo aircraft, they offer space in the baggage compartments of their passenger aircraft only.

Member airline	Joined	Division airline
Aeroflot Cargo	May 2011^[3]	Aeroflot
Aerolíneas Argentinas Cargo	6 November 2013^[4]	Aerolíneas Argentinas
Aeroméxico Cargo	September 2000	Aeroméxico
Air France Cargo	September 2000	Air France
Alitalia Cargo	31 August 2001^[5]	Alitalia
China Airlines Cargo	3 October 2012^[6]	China Airlines
China Cargo Airlines	5 June 2013^[7]	China Eastern Airlines
CSA Cargo	2011^[8]	Czech Airlines
Delta Air Logistics	September 2000	Delta Air Lines
KLM Cargo	September 2000	KLM
Korean Air Cargo	September 2000	Korean Air
Saudia Cargo	15 April 2019^[9]	Saudia