Air Hong Kong
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| Founded | November 1986 | ||||||
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| Commenced operations | 4 February 1988 | ||||||
| Hubs | Hong Kong International Airport | ||||||
| Frequent-flyer program | Cargo Clan Elite (by Cathay Pacific Cargo) | ||||||
| Fleet size | 13 | ||||||
| Destinations | 12 | ||||||
| Parent company | Cathay Pacific (60%) | ||||||
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Hong Kong International Airport Hong Kong |
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| Key people | Rupert Hogg (chairman) Russell Davie (COO) Andrew Maddox (Director of Flight Operations) |
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| Website | www.airhongkong.com.hk | ||||||
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| Traditional Chinese | 香港華民航空公司 | ||||||||||||||
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| Simplified Chinese | 香港华民航空公司 | ||||||||||||||
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| Standard Mandarin | |
| Hanyu Pinyin | Xiānggǎng Huámín Hángkōng Gōngsī |
| Hakka | |
| Romanization | Hiong1gong3 Fa2min2 Hong2kung1 Yiu2han4 Gung1su1 |
| Yue: Cantonese | |
| Jyutping | Hoeng1gong2 Waa4man4 Hong4hung1 Jau5haan6 Gung1si1 |
Air Hong Kong (Chinese: 香港華民航空) is the only all-cargo airline based in Chek Lap Kok, Hong Kong, with its main hub at Hong Kong International Airport. The airline operates an express freight network to 12 destinations in nine countries, including China, Japan, Malaysia, Philippines, Republic of China (Taiwan), Singapore, South Korea, Thailand and Vietnam. It has a fleet of Airbus A300-600F General Freighters, which the airline was the launch customer of this new variant. Its head office is located on the fourth floor of the South Tower of Cathay Pacific City.
Air Hong Kong was founded in November 1986 by three local businessmen and commenced charter services with a Boeing 707-320C freighter on 4 February 1988. In June 1994, Hong Kong's largest carrier, Cathay Pacific acquired 75% holdings of the airline; and acquired the remaining 25% in February 2002. In October, Cathay Pacific entered into a joint venture with DHL Worldwide Express (DHL), eventually saw DHL took a 40% stake in the cargo airline, while Cathay Pacific retained the other 60% holdings.
Air Hong Kong was established in November 1986 by three local businessmen from London's Stansted Airport, which included Roger Walman. Roger teamed up with Tomas Sang from Hong Kong to help fund the business. The airline commenced charter services with a Boeing 707-320C freighter on 4 February 1988, to Bombay (now known as Mumbai), Britain and Kathmandu; and scheduled services began on 18 October 1989. By early 1990, the airline had two Boeing 707-320C and operated a scheduled cargo service to Manchester, with traffic rights to Auckland, Brussels, Fukuoka, Guam, Melbourne, Nagoya, Osaka, Perth, Pusan, Singapore, Sydney, Vienna and Zurich. Schedule cargo service to Nagoya was introduced and new traffic rights to Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City granted by April 1991. In March 1992, Air Hong Kong was granted additional traffic rights to Cairns, Darwin, Dhaka, Dubai, Kathmandu, Kuala Lumpur and Townsville. By March 1993, the airline operated scheduled cargo services to Brussels, Dubai, Ho Chi Minh City, Manchester, Nagoya and Singapore with a fleet of two Boeing 747-100SF and one Boeing 707-320C freighters.
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