Khuphuka launches three new cargo services

This month marks the
launch of the first scheduled
f light by new Durban-based
cargo airline, Khuphuka
Kings Airways. And two
more services to other
foreign destinations are due
to follow soon, according to
airline MD, Dr Musa Mdluli.
He told FTW that this
month would see one of
the airline’s two 46-tonne
capacity Ilyushin 76s
heading from Durban’s
King Shaka Airport
for Lubumbashi in the
Democratic Republic of
Congo – with a stop-over
in Ndola province, which
is part of the copper-rich
mining belt in Zambia.
And soon the other
Ilyushin will be rolling down
the King Shaka runway
headed for the Nigerian
port city of Lagos, Nigeria’s
economic focal point,
generating a significant
portion of the country’s gross
domestic product (GDP).
Also, Mdluli told FTW, a
Boeing 747F aircraft – with
a 120-tonne cargo capacity
– would also soon take off
on an intercontinental f light
bound for Mumbai in India.
“We had a visit last week
from an Indian delegation,
looking to create direct trade
contact between Durban
and Mumbai,” said Mdluli.
“During that visit, we signed
an agreement with MGM
Global Air of Mumbai, and
the result is that service
which starts next week.”