AirBridgeCargo has launched a weekly freighter flight from Houston to Abu Dhabi.

“The introduction of a Houston flight is something that has been on our agenda for quite some time as we have been expanding our presence in the USA and exploring cities where our customers have great demand for our services and we see the opportunity to offer better coverage to the market as a whole,” said Hendrik Falk, vice president of North and South America at ABC. “We are delighted to add Houston and Abu Dhabi to our growing list of destinations. We can now provide a direct connection from the Houston area to key markets in Russia and the Middle East. We expect that the oil and gas industry, in particular, will benefit from this new service and naturally our sales force will be developing this destination for other commodities too.”

The new flight will depart Houston every Monday evening and return to Moscow Sheremetyevo via Chicago, Luxembourg and Abu Dhabi.

ABC already serves Atlanta, Chicago, Dallas and Los Angeles in the US with its fleet of Boeing 747 freighters.