Air Hong Kong
AHK Air Hong Kong Limited (stylised as air Hongkong and commonly known as Air Hong Kong; Chinese: 香港華民航空) is an all-cargo airline based in Chek Lap Kok, Hong Kong, with its main hub at Hong Kong International Airport. The airline operates an express freight network to 13 destinations in nine countries, including China, Japan, Malaysia, Philippines, Taiwan, Singapore, South Korea, Thailand and Vietnam. It has a fleet of Airbus A300-600F General Freighters, which the airline was the launch customer of this new variant. Its head office is located on the fourth floor of the South Tower of Cathay Pacific City.
| |||||||
| Founded | November 1986 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Commenced operations | 4 February 1988 | ||||||
| AOC # | 6 | ||||||
| Hubs | Hong Kong International Airport | ||||||
| Frequent-flyer program | Cargo Clan Elite (by Cathay Pacific Cargo) | ||||||
| Fleet size | 14 | ||||||
| Destinations | 13 | ||||||
| Parent company | Cathay Pacific | ||||||
| Headquarters | Hong Kong | ||||||
| Key people | |||||||
| Website | www | ||||||
| Air Hong Kong | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Traditional Chinese | 香港華民航空公司 | ||||||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 香港华民航空公司 | ||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||
Air Hong Kong was founded in November 1986 by three local businessmen and commenced charter services with a Boeing 707-320C freighter on 4 February 1988. In June 1994, Hong Kong's largest carrier, Cathay Pacific acquired 75% holdings of the airline; and acquired the remaining 25% in February 2002. In October, Cathay Pacific entered into a joint venture with DHL Worldwide Express (DHL), that eventually saw DHL take a 40% stake in the cargo airline, while Cathay Pacific retained the other 60% holding.
On 7 July 2017, Cathay Pacific announced that it would be acquiring DHL's stake in the airline.