Air France-KLM transports 1,400 tonnes of wine
Air France-KLM transports 1,400 tonnes of wine
Nov 22, 2011 6
(Aircargoworld) - Every third Thursday of November, people around the world celebrate Beaujolais Nouveau Day, making the release of the purple-pink wine cultivated in France’s Beaujolais region. Seeing who can get the bottles to market the fastest is another popular tradition, one that Air France-KLM helped execute this year.
Air France Cargo-KLM Cargo’s Jean-Claude Raynaud told Air Cargo World that Japan demanded the majority of the wine — 73 percent. The rest of Asia and North America tied for second place in regards to wine consumption, with 11 percent of the bottles bound for each region, respectively.
What’s more, Raynaud said, Paris-Charles de Gaulle Airport handled 69 percent of the 1,400 tonnes of Beaujolais Nouveau transported, followed by Amsterdam Airport Schiphol at 31 percent. Fortunately, he told Air Cargo World, the often unique requirements of wine didn’t disrupt flight operations at all.
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