Cathay Pacific launches cargo flights to Dhaka, Hanoi
Wednesday, 12 March 2008
FE Report
The Hong Kong-based air carrier Cathay Pacific Airways launched its freighter service to Hanoi in Vietnam and Dhaka in Bangladesh Tuesday.
The new flights will be operated by a B747-200F flying on the Hong Kong -Hanoi-Dhaka-Hong Kong route every Tuesday and Thursday, Rick Symington, Cathay Pacific manager-Bangladesh and Nepal, said at a press conference in the city.
Ashish Kapur, its cargo manager-India, Nepal, Bangladesh and Bhutan, and Mes-bah-ul Islam, manager and unit head-Bangladesh, among others, were present at the press conference.
Symington said the services will give customers of Cathay Pacific access to the burgeoning markets of these two fast developing countries while helping boost Hong Kong's position as one of the premier international airfreight hubs.
He also said: 'Cathay Pacific will continue to grow its wide-body freighter fleet and from May this year we will take delivery of the first of six new Boeing 747-400ERF extended range freighters.
Cathay Pacific has also 10 of the advanced fuel-efficient Boeing 747-8F freighters on firm order with delivery commencing in 2009. At the same time, Cathay Pacific and Dragon Air will begin a phased withdrawal of their older Boeing 747-200F/300F 'classic' freighters starting from the end of March
The airlines recently increased its freighter services to Dallas and Atlanta in the USA and Mumbai and Delhi in India, he added.
The Hong Kong-based air carrier Cathay Pacific Airways launched its freighter service to Hanoi in Vietnam and Dhaka in Bangladesh Tuesday.
The new flights will be operated by a B747-200F flying on the Hong Kong -Hanoi-Dhaka-Hong Kong route every Tuesday and Thursday, Rick Symington, Cathay Pacific manager-Bangladesh and Nepal, said at a press conference in the city.
Ashish Kapur, its cargo manager-India, Nepal, Bangladesh and Bhutan, and Mes-bah-ul Islam, manager and unit head-Bangladesh, among others, were present at the press conference.
Symington said the services will give customers of Cathay Pacific access to the burgeoning markets of these two fast developing countries while helping boost Hong Kong's position as one of the premier international airfreight hubs.
He also said: 'Cathay Pacific will continue to grow its wide-body freighter fleet and from May this year we will take delivery of the first of six new Boeing 747-400ERF extended range freighters.
Cathay Pacific has also 10 of the advanced fuel-efficient Boeing 747-8F freighters on firm order with delivery commencing in 2009. At the same time, Cathay Pacific and Dragon Air will begin a phased withdrawal of their older Boeing 747-200F/300F 'classic' freighters starting from the end of March
The airlines recently increased its freighter services to Dallas and Atlanta in the USA and Mumbai and Delhi in India, he added.