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JUN 05, 2003 (newstodate): Thanks to Russian airline Aeroflot, Samba - a rare male white tiger - has made a safe trip from the Netherlands to Moscow.
Samba, weighing around 200 kilos, and valued at US$25,000, travelled by road from Schiphol to Aeroflot Cargo's Frankfurt Hahn freighter hub, from where he flew to Moscow on one of the airlines DC10 freighters, inside a specially-constructed IATA-approved cage.
The transport was arranged by Aeroflots Netherlands Sales Agent, Active Airline Representatives - member of EGSAC and FAGSA.
Who says air cargo is a tame business...
Samba, weighing around 200 kilos, and valued at US$25,000, travelled by road from Schiphol to Aeroflot Cargo's Frankfurt Hahn freighter hub, from where he flew to Moscow on one of the airlines DC10 freighters, inside a specially-constructed IATA-approved cage.
The transport was arranged by Aeroflots Netherlands Sales Agent, Active Airline Representatives - member of EGSAC and FAGSA.
Who says air cargo is a tame business...