[photopress:logistics_great_wall.jpg,full,alignright]Great Wall Airlines is now flying a freighter service to Tianjin. The new cargo flights will be operated by its B747-400 freighter fleet with a frequency of five flights a week flying the Pudong-Tianjin-Amsterdam route and two routed through Pudong-Tianjin-Amsterdam and Manchester.
Great Wall Airlines is the first carrier to offer direct schedules on all-cargo flights to Europe from Tianjin.
President of Tianjin Binhai International Airport Shao Dengxiang said. ‘Our plans to improve airport facilities are proceeding well. By 2010, the annual cargo turnover at Tianjin Airport will reach 500,000 tonnes.’
President of Great Wall Airlines Tan Kai Ping said. ‘in a few months, we will be announcing the launch of services to the United States.’
Great Wall Airlines is an all cargo airline based in Shanghai Pudong Airport. It operates a fleet of three B747-400 freighters, with a network covering the major cargo hubs of Amsterdam, Manchester and Dubai.
Source: CargoNews International