American Airlines Cargo Delivers Prized Shipment for Renowned St. Petersburg Ballet
July 10 2008 - 1:16PM
PR Newswire (US)
FORT WORTH, Texas, July 10 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- American
Airlines Cargo (AA Cargo) secured the St. Petersburg Ballet Theatre
as one of the first customers for its newly launched cargo service
from Moscow, Russia. With the unique transportation needs of the
internationally renowned production company, AA Cargo was retained
to deliver the consignment from the St. Petersburg Ballet Theatre
to Sao Paolo, Brazil, for the troupe's debut performance of
"Sleeping Beauty." In less than 72 hours, AA Cargo facilitated the
shipment, which departed from Moscow's Domodedovo International
Airport via American's nonstop Boeing 777 service to Chicago O'Hare
International Airport (ORD). The Ballet's cargo was transported
through the airline's key U.S. gateways including New York and
Miami to reach its final destination in Sao Paolo, in time for the
premiere performance at the Teatro Nacional. "Our work with the St.
Petersburg Ballet Theatre is symbolic of the service we offer the
marketplace, and the new channels opened up for freight forwarders
through the Moscow-Chicago lane," said David Kerr, managing
director-AA Cargo Europe. "We are honored that AA Cargo was
selected by the Ballet troupe to handle their irreplaceable
shipments needed for the 'show to go on'." "AA Cargo helped us
navigate the logistical shipping challenges we faced," said
Alexander Bondarev, Technical Director of the St. Petersburg Ballet
Theatre. "The airline worked with us to find a freight solution
that met our needs for reliable, on-time service. Importantly, AA
Cargo provided us with peace-of-mind and allowed us to concentrate
on what mattered most -- the upcoming performance." AA Cargo is
offering its nonstop Chicago-Moscow scheduled service six days a
week. Eastbound flights fly every day except Sunday, and westbound
flights operate daily with the exception of Mondays. "American
Airlines provided excellent service to us," said Sergey Kondratsky,
General Manager of the Concert Forwarding Agency, Tanaris." We have
no doubts that, for future performances, this new service will be a
natural choice. We ship consignments for numerous Russian theatres
and orchestras on a regular basis and our schedule is planned for
five years ahead. We are sure that next time we have a performance
on the South and North American continents we will address American
Airlines." For more information, visit http://www.aacargo.com/.
About St. Petersburg Ballet Theatre The St. Petersburg Ballet
Theatre was founded in 1994 by Russian entrepreneur Konstantin
Tachkin, for the purpose of delivering classical Russian ballet to
audiences worldwide. They tour extensively, including return visits
to Great Britain and South Africa. This company is made up mostly
of graduates from the famous Vaganova Ballet Academy in St.
Petersburg. They travel with their own orchestra under the baton of
conductor Alexander Kantorov. Additional information is online at:
http://www.spbt.ru/. About American Airlines Cargo American
Airlines Cargo(SM), a division of American Airlines, Inc., provides
over 100 million pounds of weekly cargo lift capacity to major
cities in the United States, Europe, Canada, Mexico, the Caribbean,
Latin America and Asia. American, American Eagle and the
AmericanConnection regional airlines serve more than 250 cities in
over 40 countries with more than 4,000 daily flights. The combined
network fleet numbers more than 1,000 aircraft. American provides
one of the largest cargo networks in the world, with cargo
terminals and interline connections available across the globe. For
more information visit http://www.aacargo.com/. Current AMR Corp.
releases can be accessed on the Internet. The address is
http://www.aa.com/ DATASOURCE: American Airlines CONTACT: Jennifer
Pemberton of American Airlines Cargo, +1-817-967-2658, Web site:
http://www.aa.com/ http://www.spbt.ru/ http://www.aacargo.com/
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