Sky Gates Airlines (U3, Moscow Vnukovo) will shortly take delivery of its maiden aircraft, a B747-400(F) formerly in service for Cathay Pacific (CX, Hong Kong International) as B-HUO (msn 32571), Skyliner Aviation has reported.

As prevously reported, Sky Gates Airlines is a Russian cargo start-up looking to launch operations later this year. It will focus on the Russian market and on South East Asia and plans to develop Zhukovsky as its primary hub.