SkyTeam 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.

History

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. 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.
In 2001, Czech Airlines Cargo and Alitalia Cargo joined in April and August, respectively. Both divisions joined the cargo alliance within days of CSA Czech Airlines and Alitalia 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. 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. 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.

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 airlineJoinedDivision airline
Aeroflot CargoAeroflot
Aerolíneas Argentinas Cargo6 11 2013Aerolíneas Argentinas
Aeroméxico CargoAeroméxico
Air France CargoAir France
Alitalia Cargo31 8 2001Alitalia
China Airlines Cargo3 10 2012China Airlines
China Cargo Airlines5 6 2013China Eastern Airlines
CSA CargoCzech Airlines
Delta Air LogisticsDelta Air Lines
KLM CargoKLM
Korean Air CargoKorean Air
Saudia Cargo15 4 2019Saudia