DHL boosts Asia Air Network with increased dedicated flights

DHL announced that it has increased the frequency of its dedicated Air Hong Kong flights from Hong Kong to Nagoya, Taipei, Seoul and Singapore. Flights to these cities have been increased to six times per week, up from the current five times a week, representing a 20 per cent increase in capacity for each of these four cities.

From October 27, Air Hong Kong, a 60/40 joint venture between Cathay Pacific and DHL, will now operate four additional A300-600 flights on Day 6 on these routes. This represents an increased dedicated capacity of 45 tons per week on each of the four routes to serve the needs of growing intra-Asia trade.

The increased dedicated capacity on the Asia Air Network comes on the back of DHL’s recent announcement of the expansion of its Central Asia Hub (CAH) at Hong Kong International Airport five years ahead of schedule. With a total investment of USD 210 million, the CAH facility is the first large-scale automated Express hub in Asia Pacific with a throughput of 75,000 pieces per hour (pph) of flyers and conveyable shipments, significantly bolstering DHL’s operational capability in Asia.

With over 40 per cent market share and USD 2.2 billion invested in the region, DHL’s investment in the CAH and enhancement of its Asia Air Network provides the core backbone to further enhance service excellence to extend its market-leading position in Asia Pacific.

In Japan, there will be a new flight from Kansai International Airport to Hong Kong on Friday, arriving in Chubu International Airport on Saturday, and on to Hong Kong again. Consequently, there will now be two flights on Saturday from Chubu to Hong Kong and the shift with the departure flight at Kansai Airport from Saturday to Friday so that DHL will be able to meet the needs of customers in West Japan who want cargo to ship from Japan on Friday and to reach its destination such as Hong Kong and Singapore on Saturday, which was formerly delivered on Monday.