News / SF Airlines boosts capacity at ambitious Hubei hub – but is its timing right?

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SF Airlines has launched a 400-tonne capacity, twice-weekly service between Europe and Ezhou-Huahu Airport in Hubei, China.

The first service left Hubei on Saturday, carrying 100 tonnes of freight, touching down some 11 hours later in Liege – but some in the industry believe this may not be the best time to inject more capacity into a soft market.

The director of SF Airlines’ logistics hub at Hubei, Zhang Hao, said through cooperation agreements between Liege and Ezhou-Huahu, SF would “form a strongly ...