US military flies non-military air cargo daily from Riga to Afghanistan
AIR cargo flights between Afghanistan and Riga are launched to support the US armed forces for the delivery of non-military goods, primarily food products.
The daily flights are in addition to overland transport from Latvia by rail through Russia, Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan which was opened up due to the deterioration of security in Pakistan.
The air cargo service will increase shortly between two to three flights a day of which 100 tons of freight will be carried on each plane.
DATE:2012.4.28