Hong Kong can attract more air cargobusiness if its transhipment processescan be reviewed quickly, Asia AirfreightTerminal (AAT) general manager, planning& services, Nelson Lee said. He said as Hong Kong did not havea transhipment ordinance, the customswere using a combination of the existingimport and export ordinances toregulate the territory's transfer of aircargo making it unattractive to shippersand cargo agents. "Shippers and cargo agents have topay a declaration charge for … [Read more...] about HONG KONG: HKG must review transhipments
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CHINA: Chinese heavyweights pick Copenhagen
Copenhagen airport has long beenseen as a useful hub by Singapore Airlinesand Korean Air Cargo. However,the addition of two Chinese heavyweightsin the last few months seemsto be catapulting the airport into thebig league. The airport saw Air China startthree weekly B747-200F services inSeptember, and this was followed bythree MD-11F services by China CargoAirlines in December. In all this bringsthe airport's wide-body freighter departuresto 68 a month, double thenumber it had two years … [Read more...] about CHINA: Chinese heavyweights pick Copenhagen
CHINA: CSA looks beyond AF-KL Cargo venture
China Southern Airlines is reportedlyin talks with other foreign carriersbesides Air France-KLM for an aircargo joint venture, Reuters reportedquoting the airline's chief financialofficer, Xu Jiebo. Xu said Air France was neither apreferred partner nor an exclusive foreigncounterpart for the establishmentof its cargo venture whose launch hasalready been delayed due to problemsin talks with Air France. "We hope to launch the joint ventureas soon as we can, but so far the talksare not … [Read more...] about CHINA: CSA looks beyond AF-KL Cargo venture
CHINA: DHL starts domestic services in China
DHL has become the first internationalforwarder to obtain the CATA(China Air Transport Association)domestic airfreight licence, enablingthe company to operate its new DHLDomestic Airfreight service in seventeenChinese cities. Up till now, China'sdomestic logistics market was servedonly by Chinese state-owned and localcompanies. The launch, together with its First inChina strategy, makes DHL the only internationallogistics company offeringboth domestic express and domesticairfreight services, … [Read more...] about CHINA: DHL starts domestic services in China
CHINA: China Postal Airlines opens Japan service
China Postal Airlines has started itssecond international service - a newfive-times weekly service uses a Boeing737-300 freighter - between Shanghai Pudong International Airport andOsaka airport in Japan. A Xinhua News Agency report saidthe service is intended to speed uppostal package delivery times betweenthe two destinations as well as to reducetransit times further. China Postal Airlines launched itsfirst international route in August,linking Beijing to Seoul. Last month,the carrier … [Read more...] about CHINA: China Postal Airlines opens Japan service
CHINA: SATS to expand ground handling
Singapore Airport Terminal Services(SATS), the subsidiary of SingaporeAirlines, said that it, together with itsChinese partner Capital Airports Holding(CAH), will expand its ground-handlingbusinesses to cover eight otherChinese airports. With the expansion, SATS will havea presence of 13 airports in China (includingMacau and Hong Kong). Theadditional airports - Tianjin, Nanchang,Wuhan, Chongqing, Guiyang, Changchun,Hohhot and Harbin - are part ofCAH's network of 31 airports. The expansion … [Read more...] about CHINA: SATS to expand ground handling
