Hainan Airlines chooses SATS for cargo handling in Saudi Arabia

Hainan Airlines has awarded a contract to SATS for cargo handling services in Saudi Arabia. Hainan Airlines operates three Airbus passenger flights a week to Riyadh and Jeddah. The new contract will see SATS providing warehouse handling services for over 2,400 tonnes of import, export, and transit airfreight annually, including special cargo shipments. SATS has […]

Hainan Airlines resumes Chongqing-Paris service

Hainan Airlines has announced the resumption of direct flight service between Chongqing and Paris. The inaugural flight is slated to depart from Chongqing Jiangbei International Airport at 2:30 AM Beijing time on 28th November, touching down at Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport at 7:20 AM Paris time on the same day. The reinstated flights marks […]

Heathrow gains Chinese links to Changsha, Xi’an and Qingdao

Heathrow Airport will gain new connections to China with direct services to Changsha and Xi’an, providing an additional 6,700 tonnes of cargo capacity for British exports. Hainan Airlines will fly to Changsha on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays using a Boeing 787-800 from 23 March, before being upgraded to a larger 787-900 on 1 September. Tianjin […]

Cargo volumes at Brussels Airport soar past 500,000 tonnes

Cargo volumes at Brussels Airport have soared by 8.3 per cent in 2017 to 535,634 tonnes, the highest volume in the past 10 years. The airport serving Belgium’s capital saw particularly strong growth in belly cargo, rising 13.8 per cent, helped by Hainan Airlines launching Boeing 787 flights to Shanghai and Emirates introducing a second […]

Brussels Airport cargo volumes return to 500,000 tonnes a year

Brussels Airport has passed the 500,000 tonne milestone for the first time since DHL moved its European hub from the Belgian gateway to Leipzig. The airport hit the figure on 7 December, and while growth has come from all segments, the main driver for the year-to-date growth of 9.5 per cent comes from cargo in […]

Freighter traffic falls at Brussels due to stricter noise standards

Cargo traffic at Brussels Airport rose 1.8 per cent in August but full freighter volumes continue to fall as companies depart due to stricter noise standards. Total tonnage was 40,558 tonnes in August, with the freighter segment registering a 0.9 per cent decline to 29,245 tonnes. Full freighter volumes were down 18 per cent to […]

HNA Group finalises 82.5% stake in Frankfurt-Hahn

The HNA Group has completed an 82.5 per cent stake purchase in Frankfurt-Hahn Airport as its moves forward with its European expansion. The transaction is worth €15.1 million ($15.8 million). The Chinese company won the stake in March, which was owned by the gateway’s federal state owners Rhineland Palatinate following European regulatory approval. HNA Group said the […]

Hainan Airlines adds Shanghai to Brussels belly route

Hainan Airlines has added a direct flight between Shanghai Pudong International Airport and Brussels Airport three times a week, which is set to give bellyhold cargo traffic a boost at the Belgian gateway. The flights are scheduled on Monday, Wednesday and Friday, and will be operated by a Dreamliner 787-9. Services will start from 25 October 2017. […]

Freight traffic up 6.5% in October at Brussels

Brussels Airport saw its cargo volumes rise year-on-year (YOY) 6.5 per cent to 46,603 tonnes in October compared to the same month last year. Growth was driven by the full freighter segment which surged YOY by 28.8 per cent to 17,119 tonnes, mainly by Singapore Airlines Cargo, Qatar Airways Cargo and Ethiopian Airlines. For the […]

Hainan Airlines to start services from Shanghai to Brussels

Hainan Airlines will launch direct flights between Brussels Airport and Shanghai Pudong International Airport sometime next year. The gateways says the new service will facilitate existing investment and export opportunities for both countries and also create new ones. During an official visit led by Prime Minister Charles Michel, Hainan Airlines and Brussels Airport Company signed a […]

Hainan Airlines receives first 787-9

Hainan Airlines has taken delivery of its first Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner, and has become the first Chinese carrier to operate both 787-8s and 787-9s. The Haikou based carrier is leasing the aircraft through Air Lease Corporation. Hainan Airlines is the largest 787 operator in China, with 10 787-8s and plans to use the first 787-9 […]

MAG’s strong growth continues in January

Manchester Airports Group (MAG) has reported strong cargo growth in January across its airports, with London Stansted Airport seeing the largest increase at 10 per cent. In January, Stansted saw cargo volumes increase by 10 per cent to 20,260 tonnes, East Midlands Airport was up by 6.7 per cent to 26,266 tonnes and Manchester Airport […]

Hainan Airlines launches Changsha Los Angeles services

Hainan Airlines has started twice-weekly Boeing 787 services from Changsha (China) to Los Angeles (US). The service started on 21 January and operates on Mondays and Thursdays. The flights will take about 13.5 hours, leaving Changsha at 13.00h and arriving in Los Angeles at 10.35h. The return flight will leave Los Angeles at 12.35h and […]

Hainan Airlines announces Beijing to Manchester service

Hainan Airlines is to start four times a week Airbus A330-200 services between Beijing and Manchester (UK) from 10 June 2016. Flight number HU7903 will leave Beijing Capital International Airport at 01.45h on Mondays, Wednesday, Fridays and Saturdays, and arrive in Manchester at 06.05h. Flight number HU7904 will leave Manchester at 12.00, arriving in Manchester […]