Bei Bei flies on the FedEx Panda Express
Bei Bei the panda has arrived in Chengdu, China on the specially chartered “FedEx Panda Express” Boeing 777 Freighter. The four-year-old male was born at the Smithsonian’s National Zoo, and is the son of Mei Xiang and Tian Tian, who reside at the National Zoo in Washington DC. Accompanied by a panda keeper and a […]
time:matters Sameday Air spreads across China
time:matters has added seven Chinese stations to its worldwide Sameday Air network, offering 157 direct flights a week to European hubs. Transportation of time-critical shipments will now be offered in Shanghai, Shenyang, Beijing, Nanjing, Qingdao, Chengdu and Guangzhou. Urgent shipments will be collected and cleared through customs on the same day and can reach their […]
Heathrow opens 12th Chinese link with Chengdu flight
Heathrow Airport has gained its 12th Chinese route with Air China launching thrice weekly services to Chengdu, home to the Giant Panda Breeding Research Base. The A330-200 service will have the capacity for 3,744 tonnes of cargo between China and the UK, and comes as CEBR research shows a significant rise in the value of […]
Nihao Chengdu, Air China provides direct link to Gatwick
Gatwick Airport’s long-haul network continues to grow with Air China launching flights to Chengdu on 3 July, the UK’s only non-stop link to the capital of Sichuan province. Air China will operate three flights a week on Tuesdays, Fridays and Saturdays leaving at 22.00h, and arriving in Chengdu at 15.40h using an Airbus A330-300, providing […]
Lufthansa Cargo adds Chengdu to freighter network
Lufthansa Cargo has expanded its Chinese freighter network with two flights a week between Frankfurt and Chengdu. The Boeing 777 Freighter services, flight number LH8410 started on 5 May, departing Frankfurt on Mondays and Saturdays, returning from Chengdu every Tuesday and Sunday. Lufthansa Cargo vice president Asia Pacific, Frank Naeve says: “We are very proud […]
MASkargo fly Nuan Nuan the panda home to Chengdu
MASkargo has flown Nuan Nuan the panda back home to Chengdu from Kuala Lumpur on board an Airbus A330-200 Freighter. Two year old Nuan Nuan is the offspring of FuWa and FengYi, who MASkargo transported to Kuala Lumpur three years ago, and Nuan Nuan flew on flight MH6476, leaving her parents to continue their 10 […]
KLM flies giant pandas first class to the Netherlands
KLM has transported Xing Ya and Wen Wu the giant pandas from Chengdu to Amsterdam on their way to Ouwehands Zoo. The pandas flew on a KLM Boeing 747 combi (KL0892) boasting the names of both pandas, taxied to the gate, escorted by the panda truck and KLM Panda Bus before transferring to the KLM […]
FedEx Express delivers Bao Bao the giant panda
Bao Bao the 3½ year-old giant panda was flown this week by FedEx Express from Washington Dulles International Airport to Chengdu, China. She departed the Smithsonian’s National Zoo to board a FedEx Boeing 777 Freighter, which took about 16 hours and was 8,650 miles to the Far East and had her own custom-decaled and named the ‘FedEx Panda Express’. Boa Bao (pictured […]
United launches San Francisco – Xi’an services
United Airlines has increased services to China with the first trans-Pacific service to Xi’an from San Francisco, launched on 8 May. The Boeing 787 Dreamliner service will operate three times a week between 8 May and 27 October. The outbound flight will depart San Francisco International Airport at 13.25h on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays, arriving […]
Air China appoints ACP Worldwide as GSA for first African flight
Air China has appointed ACP Worldwide as its general sales agent (GSA) for South Africa, as the carrier starts the first non-stop China to Africa flights on 29 October. The Chinese airline will fly to Beijing from OR Tambo International Airport in Johannesburg on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays using a Boeing 777-300 Extended Range. The […]
