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Cargo World: Cathay Pacific Adds 11 Flights
"Cathay Pacific, the Hong Kong-based airline, will expand freighter service by nearly 50 percent between Hong Kong and Europe starting Feb. 1 in a move aimed at keeping pace with growth on the route.
"The extra 11 747 freighter flights, to Frankfurt, Amsterdam and Manchester in northern England, will increase the number of weekly freighter services to Europe to 36 from 25. The carrier, which operates 17 747 freighters, is adding five services to Frankfurt, all routed via Dubai, lifting the number of weekly flights between Hong Kong and Europe's biggest air cargo hub to 11.
"The other six new flights involve a Hong Kong-Dubai-Manchester-Amsterdam-Dubai routing.
"Cathay Pacific already operates a freighter service to Manchester with eight flights a week, while Amsterdam will be a new freighter destination for the carrier.
"Cathay Pacific Cargo Director and General Manager Ron Mathison said the new flights would help meet demand out of Hong Kong and the Chinese mainland and also give a further boost to its Hong Kong hub.
"About half of the carrier's monthly volume of 100,000 metric tons moves in freighters. The remainder is transported in its 101 passenger jets.
"The airline will add two converted 747 freighters to its fleet this year and will take delivery of the first of six new 747-400 Extended Range freighters in May, 2008 . . ."
"Bruce Barnard, The JOURNAL of COMMERCE ONLINE"