Atlas Air suffers third aircraft incident this month, closing Hong Kong runway
Atlas Air has suffered its third aircraft ‘incident’ this month, causing Hong Kong International Airport ...
Reports of the decline of Hong Kong port are not exaggerated – but as an air freight hub business is soaring.
As Rhenus’ director of North America Stephanie Loomis told the recent Loadstar podcast: “I can’t remember the last time a shipper asked for Hong Kong – we see Shenzhen, we see Yantian… Hong Kong is for air freight, it’s the same [with] Beijing and its local port Tianjin.
“Hong Kong will be air freight, and that’s all,” she said.
The numbers support ...
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