Cathay Pacific Airways said that it will add a total of 11 extra freighter flights each week to three major cities in Europe – Amsterdam, Frankfurt and Manchester – effective this month.

With the extra services the airline’s freighter services to Europe will rise from 25 to 36 – an increase of almost 50 percent, further strengthening Hong Kong’s position as one of the world’s leading airfreight hubs.

A total of five flights a week are being added to Frankfurt, operating every Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday. The extra flights are all routed through Dubai.

The other six new flights all follow a Hong Kong-Dubai-Manchester-Amsterdam- Dubai-Hong Kong pattern, departing Hong Kong every day of the week except Friday.