Great Wall Airlines adds Tianjin to network

Great Wall Airlines said today it will add Tianjin to its freighter network from March 30 and become the first carrier to offer direct scheduled all cargo flights to Europe from the Northeast China city.

The Sino-Singapore carrier, which is preparing to add flights to Chicago and Los Angeles, said it will serve Tianjin with five flights per week using its fleet of Boeing 747-400 freighters. The new service will fly three times a week on the Shanghai Pudong/Tianjin Binhai International/Amsterdam-Schiphol route, and twice weekly on the service calling Pudong/Tianjin/Amsterdam/Manchester.

Our freighter services from Tianjin will enable us to support the supply chain needs of our customers for northern China. It is also our way of affirming our confidence in the future of Tianjin, said Tan Kai Ping, Great Wall's president. We have an exciting year ahead. In a few months, we will be announcing the launch of services to USA. Great Wall is jointly owned by the Beijing Aerospace Satellite Applications Corp. (51 percent), part of China Great Wall Industry Corp.; Singapore Airlines Cargo (25 percent); and Dahlia Investments (24 percent), a subsidiary of Singapore-state owned Temasek Holdings. 

Source: American Shipper