Air Hong Kong

Not to be confused with Hong Kong Airways.

Cargo aircraft of Air Hong Kong taken in Narita Airport.

Air Hong Kong Limited (香港華民航空), abbreviated AHK, is the only all-cargo airline based in Hong Kong. It operates regional overnight express and freight services. Its main base is Hong Kong International Airport^[1].

History

The airline was established in 1986 and started operations in February 1988 with Boeing 707 aircraft. Scheduled services were added in 1989. Two Boeing 747-100F and two Boeing 747-200F aircraft were used until 2004. 75% of the company's share was acquired by Cathay Pacific in June 1994, followed by the remaining 25% in February 2002. In October 2002 Cathay Pacific entered into a business partnership with DHL to develop the express freight network in Asia and at that time, and in March 2003, 30% of the company's shares were acquired by DHL. AHK was the launch customer for the Airbus A300-600GF general freighter which is a new variant of the Airbus A300F4-600R. The eighth, and the last aircraft was delivered on the 28 June 2006, with the registration code B-LDH. This new variant has a cargo loading system capable of handling almost every type of container and pallet, and a side door at the rear of the lower deck capable of handling large items of general freight, and is being delivered from second half of 2004. AHK selected the CF6-80C2 engines from General Electric, and signed on to GE's Maintenance Cost Per Hour (MCPH) programme. The airline is owned by Cathay Pacific (60%) and DHL International GmbH (40%) and has 96 employees (at March 2007^[1]).

Destinations

Air Hong Kong operates cargo flights to the following destinations:^[2]

• China, People's Republic of
  • Hong Kong (Hong Kong International Airport) Main hub
• China, Republic of (Taiwan)
  • Taipei (Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport)
• Japan
  • Nagoya (Chubu Centrair International Airport)
  • Osaka (Kansai International Airport)
  • Tokyo (Narita International Airport)
• Korea, South
  • Seoul (Incheon International Airport)
• Malaysia
  • Penang (Penang International Airport)
• Singapore
  • Singapore (Singapore Changi Airport)
• Thailand
  • Bangkok (Suvarnabhumi Airport)

Fleet

The Air Hong Kong fleet consists of the following aircraft (at March 2007) ^[1] :

• 8 Airbus A300-600F
  • Their aircraft registration numbers: B-LDA, B-LDB, B-LDC, B-LDD, B-LDE, B-LDF, B-LDG, B-LDH

External links

• Air Hong Kong
• Air Hong Kong Fleet Detail

References

1. ^ ^{a b c} "Directory: World Airlines", Flight International, 2007-03-27, p. 58. 
2. ^ Air Hong Kong "AHK Summer 07 Schedule"

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