SF Express launches 747-400F service from EHU to EMA with Air One

SF Express has launched its first all-cargo route from Ezhou, China, to the United Kingdom through a one-year charter agreement with Air One for 747-400 freighter service. The service, which operates four times per week, launched Nov. 2 when a 747-400BDSF (24998) flew from Ezhou Huahu International Airport (EHU) to East Midlands (EMA), with a stop in Astana, Kazakhstan (NQZ). Unit 24998 is operated by One Air , Air One’s U.K.-based cargo airline affiliate. [caption id="attachment_57292934" align="aligncenter" width="1121"] Unit 24998 is operated by U.K.-based One Air. (Courtesy/Maastricht Aachen Airport)[/caption] The 16 and a half-hour route shortens the end-to-end, cross-border logistics time between China and the U.K. to four days, SF Express said in a Nov. 7 release. The route supports the movement of e-commerce, high-end manufacturing and cold chain products, the release said. Additionally, SF Airlines, the carrier arm of SF Express, and Etihad Cargo signed an agreement in June to integrate their freighter services between Abu Dhabi (AUH) and two China locations, EHU and Shenzhen (SZX). The agreement brings the number of flights per week between AUH and SZX to nine, and between AUH and EHU to seven, according to a Nov. 5 release from Etihad Cargo. Under the agreement, SF Airlines and Etihad Cargo are jointly marketing and executing air cargo services on these routes, and offering coordinated pricing. EHU, which opened in July 2022, expanded its global cargo network with twenty-four new routes in the first nine months of 2025 and more than doubled its international air cargo throughput in that time, the airport said in a release today. EHU’s international air cargo throughput rose 138% year over year in the first three quarters of the year, the release said. Network expansions Cargojet launched weekly freighter service from Halifax, Nova Scotia (YHZ), to Liege Airport (LGG) on Nov. 1 with a 1992-vintage 767-300BDSF (25196). This marks the Canadian airline’s first scheduled service to Europe. “While it is still early, future growth and frequency adjustments will be driven by customer demand and overall market conditions,” Cargojet told Cargo Facts . Awesome Cargo today launched a twice-weekly route connecting Hangzhou, China (HGH), to Viracopos, Brazil (VCP), via Mexico City (NLU) with a 2011-vintage A330-200P2F (1252). LATAM Cargo launched a route on Oct. 25 from VCP to Brussels (BRU), with a stop in Recife, Brazil (REC), with a 2010-vintage 767-300BCF (37802). The route operates three times a week, but the airline plans to increase frequency to five flights per week in mid-December, it said in an Oct. 29 release. The stop in Recife enables the export of mangos produced in Brazil’s northeast, while the initial leg from VCP, near Sao Paulo, offers capacity for oversize cargo, dangerous goods and high-volume shipments, according to the release. Etihad Cargo launched a twice-weekly route from AUH to EMA on Oct. 27 with a 2016-vintage 777F (62744). All Nippon Airways (ANA) and Nippon Cargo Airlines (NCA) began codeshare operations on cargo flights between Japan, Europe and North America on Oct. 26, according to an Oct. 24 release from the airlines. Under the agreement, ANA’s code will appear on NCA’s 747 freighter services from Narita (NRT) to North American destinations — Chicago (ORD), New York (JFK), Dallas/Fort Worth (DFW) and Los Angeles (LAX) — and European destinations — Amsterdam (AMS), Milan (MXP) and Frankfurt (FRA). NCA’s code will be added to ANA’s 777 freighter routes from NRT to ORD and LAX. ANA Holdings acquired 100% of NCA’s shares as of Aug. 1. Cargo Facts LATAM 2026, the essential event for stakeholders in Latin America, will take place Feb. 10-12 at the Marquis Reforma in Mexico City. Learn more and register by Dec. 26 to take advantage of early-bird pricing.

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