Suparna Airlines’ growing widebody fleet

• Charles Kauffman
• September 22, 2017
• Aircraft, Carriers, News

Earlier this week, we reported that Shanghai-based Suparna Airlines (formerly Yangtze River Airlines) leased a 747-400ERF (35235, ex-ASL Airlines Belgium opf Emirates) from Aircastle. We have since learned that the aircraft was not leased, but in fact purchased. In addition, Cargo Facts believes that this was the first of two ERFs Suparna is buying from […]

Suparna adds 747-400F, ultimately bound for Cargolux’s China venture?

• Charles Kauffman
• September 19, 2017
• Aircraft, Carriers

Update, 21 September 2017: Cargolux confirmed to Cargo Facts that there is in fact, no connection between Henan Cargo Airlines and Suparna’s recent 747-400F acquisition.  Last month, ASL Airlines Belgium returned a 747-400F (35235) to lessor Aircastle, and today the aircraft arrived in Hong Kong, where it is now on lease to Shanghai-based Suparna Airlines […]

Hong Kong Air Cargo receives AOC

• Charles Kauffman
• April 21, 2017
• Aircraft, Carriers, News, Strategy

It’s not every day a Hong Kong-based startup receives an Air Operator’s Certificate, in fact, it has been about twelve years since the last new-issue permit. Today, that changed when Hong Kong Air Cargo, a spin-off from combination carrier, Hong Kong Airlines was granted an AOC. More details are expected following a grand opening ceremony […]

HNA Group affiliates gobble up Hong Kong-based assets

• Charles Kauffman
• March 27, 2017
• News

Hong Kong Airlines recently acquired a 51% stake in SATS HK, the Hong Kong affiliate of Singapore-based airport services provider, SATS. In parallel, Hong Kong Airlines’ investment arm, Holistic Capital Investment, acquired a 35% stake in Asia Air Freight Terminal (AAT) (a stake that was owned by forwarder and logistics services provider, Kerry Logistics, SATS […]

Where’s the beef?

• Charles Kauffman
• June 7, 2016
• Carriers, News

Where’s the beef? Not on the tables of hungry Chinese diners – or at least not often enough nor in sufficient quantity. At least that seems to be the conclusion drawn by Shanghai Yiqian Trading, the Chinese company that is buying Germany’s Frankfurt Hahn Airport (HHN). According to company Chairman Yu Tao Chou, Shanghai Yiqian […]

China’s freighter fleet grows – and the pace is accelerating

• David Harris
• January 27, 2016
• Aircraft, Capacity & Demand, Carriers, E-Commerce, Express, News

Two themes that have featured heavily in the air logistics media recently are the lack of growth in air freight demand, and the shift of what volume remains from freighters to the bellies of the current generation of widebody passenger aircraft. Moving from air cargo news to worldwide political and economic news, the current big […]

Another freighter for Yangtze River Express

• David Harris
• August 12, 2014
• News

Shanghai-based all-cargo carrier Yangtze River Express (YRE, a subsidiary of the Hainan Air Group) took redelivery today of a 737-400F (29915, ex-Hainan Airlines), following conversion by Aeronautical Engineers Inc, at the Boeing Shanghai Aviation Services facility at Shanghai’s Pudong Airport. The redelivery brings YRE’s freighter fleet to a total of twenty-three units, including three 747-400BDSFs, […]

First A330-200F for Yangtze River Express

• David Harris
• March 23, 2012
• Video

On final approach returning to Toulouse-Blagnac comes the first Airbus A330-200F for Yangtze River Express. The Shanghai-based all-cargo airline was formed in 2003 and is part of the HNA Group. Operations began with freighter-converted 737-300s, with the first widebody, a 747-400F (msn 30761, Ex-China Airlines Cargo), arriving in the summer of 2007. The airline now […]