Chinese carriers are feeling the pressure following last month’s signing of a new air services agreement between China and the US. “We don’t want Beijing to open the air transport market too fast. The pact covering an increase of air services signed in 2004 has already exerted great pressure on us,” China Eastern Airlines President Li Fenghua told China Business News in the weeks before the pact was concluded. He also noted that “it takes time to integrate … [Read more...] about CHINA: New pact pressures Chinese carriers
CHINA: NWA Cargo starts Guangzhou service
NWA Cargo has expanded its allcargo freighter service to include daily frequencies to Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport, Guandong province. “These additional frequencies provide shippers with quicker and more convenient access to China’s largest market,” said Jim Friedel, president of NWA Cargo and senior vice president- Pacific. “We are working to provide our customers with faster clearances, lower terminal charges and the best schedule between Guangzhou and Japan … [Read more...] about CHINA: NWA Cargo starts Guangzhou service
CHINA: Jade Cargo adds Frankfurt, Houston
China’s all-cargo carrier Jade Cargo International has added three weekly Frankfurt frequencies to its network of European destinations. Jade Cargo’s fourth B747-400ERF was delivered at the end of May 2007 and put into service on a two-way non-stop servicebetween Shenzhen and Frankfurt. In addition Jade Cargo will enter the trans-Pacific market to the US with a twice-weekly charter service to Houston, Texas via Vancouver (Canada). Jade Cargo’s fifth aircraft, a Boeing 747- … [Read more...] about CHINA: Jade Cargo adds Frankfurt, Houston
CHINA: UPS to increase capacity to Shanghai
UPS, which is scheduled to open its new hub in Shanghai next year, will increase cargo capacity to the Chinese city by switching its planes from the MD-11s in current service to Boeing 747-400s. The new hub will be built on a one million square foot site. When it opens, it will operate around the clock, throughout the year. UPS will ramp up its service over time with sorting capacity projected to reach 17,000 pieces per hour by 2012. The hub will link all of China to the UPS … [Read more...] about CHINA: UPS to increase capacity to Shanghai
CHINA: China to expand cross-strait services
The Chinese mainland is considering opening six more airports - at Chengdu, Hangzhou, Nanjing, Shenzhen, Dalian and Guilin - to non-stop charter flights across the Taiwan Strait to cope with rising traffic demand, Xinhua reported, citing a senior civil aviation official. Currently, the mainland operates flights from Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou and Xiamen to Taipei and Kaohsiung in Taiwan. Gao Hongfeng, deputy director of the General Administration of Civil Aviation of China (CAAC), said … [Read more...] about CHINA: China to expand cross-strait services
CHINA: CEA gets nod for cargo subsidy
China Eastern has become the latest carrier to gain approval from the Shenzhen government for its “cash for cargo” subsidy aimed at boosting the attractiveness of Shenzhen Bao’an Airport in the hotly contested region. The Shenzhen government is offering subsidies to cargo airlines worth millions of dollars in a bold bid to attract carriers to Bao’an Airport in the intensely competitive Pearl River Delta. The Shenzhen government said the three-year period offer … [Read more...] about CHINA: CEA gets nod for cargo subsidy
