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Air Hong Kong
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- Not to be confused with Hong Kong Airways.
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| AHK Air Hong Kong Limited 香港華民航空 |
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| IATA LD |
ICAO AHK |
Callsign AIR HONG KONG |
| Founded | 1986 | |
| Hubs | Hong Kong International Airport | |
| Fleet size | 8 | |
| Destinations | 8 | |
| Parent company | Cathay Pacific Airways Ltd. DHL International GmbH |
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| Headquarters | Hong Kong | |
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| Website: http://www.airhongkong.com.hk | ||
AHK Air Hong Kong Limited (香港華民航空) 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. It is now operated by DHL International.
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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 8th, and the last aircraft was delivered on the 28th, Jun, 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%).
Air Hong Kong operates freight services to the following destinations:
- China, People's Republic of
- Hong Kong (Hong Kong International Airport) Main hub
- China, Republic of (Taiwan)
- Japan
- Korea, South
- Malaysia
- Singapore
- Thailand
The Air Hong Kong fleet consists of the following aircraft (at August 2006) [1] :
- 8 Airbus A300-600R
- Their aircraft registration number: B-LDA, B-LDB, B-LDC, B-LDD, B-LDE, B-LDF, B-LDG, B-LDH
- ^ Flight International, 3-9 October 2006
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