Maastricht Aachen Airport (MST) in the Netherlands has added two new weekly freighter flights following an agreement with Colombian airline Avianca Cargo.
From October, it will operate flights with an Airbus A330, which has a maximum payload capacity of 61 tons. Avianca will import flowers from Quito, Miami to Maastricht and Zaragoza, Spain South America and export clothing for a high-street fashion chain in Europe.
In the first eight months of 2025, Maastricht saw a 25% increase in cargo volumes compared with last year, bolstered by the expansion of operations by Turkish Cargo and Emirates SkyCargo, as well as the arrival of My Freighter and Ethiopian Cargo.