Hong Kong Air Cargo is accelerating its European e-commerce business with the opening of a new route between Hong Kong and Liège, Belgium.
The freight forwarder's new e-commerce route to Europe is operated by Airbus A330-200 freighters.
The first flight, Flight RH375, departed from Hong Kong International Airport at 12:20 a.m. (Hong Kong time) on February 11 and arrived at Liege Airport at 10:40 a.m. local time.
This is the third new European destination for Hong Kong Air Cargo.
Earlier this month, Hong Kong Air Cargo launched an e-commerce route From Hong Kong to London Stansted AirportThis also uses the A330-200F.
Furthermore, in October last year, a cargo ship operating company Expanding to Europe This is the first time to open an e-commerce route to Italy.
Adrian Arles, Director of Flight Operations at Hong Kong Air Cargo, said: “The new route to Liège, one of Europe's major air cargo hubs, will strengthen Hong Kong's economic and trade ties with the mainland and increase options for air cargo logistics for our customers.” ”
Alexis Lapot, Senior Cargo Manager at Liege Airport commented: The selection of Liège Airport once again demonstrates its excellence in the e-commerce industry. The addition of a Hong Kong airline to our list of airlines operating scheduled flights between our two airports is a great thing for us at LGG. ”
Hong Kong Air Cargo currently has five A330-200Fs in its fleet.
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