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Air Hong Kong
IATA Code
ICAO Code
IATA Prefix
Callsign
LD
AHK
288
Air Hong Kong
Air Hong Kong Airbus A300F4-605R
Air Hong Kong
4F South Tower, Cathay Pacific City
8 Scenic Road
Hong Kong International Airport
Lantau Island
HONG KONG

Tel.: +852 2761 8407
Fax: +852 2761 8586
SITA:
Email: ahk.hq@airhongkong.com.hk
Website: www.airhongkong.com.hk

Type: Scheduled, charter, regional, cargo
Owner: Cathay Pacific (60%); DHL International Aviation (40%)
Employees: 89
Base: Hong Kong (HKG)
Hubs: -
Start of ops: February 1988
Air Hong Kong operates the following aircraft Executives:
  • 8 x Airbus A300-600F
Chairman:
Chief Financial Officer:
Chief Operations Officer:
Director of Flight Ops:
John Slosar
Japhet Wai
Richard Cater
Andrew Maddox

AHK Air Hong Kong Limited is based at Hong Kong International Airport. The airline operates an express freight network to 12 destinations in nine countries Including China, Japan, Malaysia, Philippines, Republic of China (Taiwan), Singapore, South Korea and Thailand. 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.
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 percent holdings of the airline; and acquired the remaining 25 percent in February 2002. In October of the same year, Cathay Pacific entered into a joint venture with DHL Worldwide Express (DHL), eventually saw DHL took a 40% stake in the cargo airline, while Cathay Pacific retained the other 60%.

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