Freighter operator Hong Kong Air Cargo (HKAC) has expanded its services to Dhaka, Bangladesh and Hanoi, Vietnam.
From 2 September, the carrier will increase its Hong Kong (HKG) – Dhaka (DAC) service from one to two weekly flights.
"This additional frequency provides our customers with greater capacity and flexibility, and enhanced connectivity between Hong Kong and Bangladesh," said HKAC in a LinkedIn post on 28 August.
Flights will depart from HKG to DAC on Tuesdays and Saturdays. Return flights from DAC to HKG will also depart on the same days.
HKAC has also expanded its HKG to Hanoi (HAN) service with the addition of a sixth weekly cargo flight for the period of 8-30 September, said the carrier in a LinkedIn post on 29 August.
HKG-HAN flights will operate on Mondays and HAN-HKG flights will operate on Tuesdays.
Outside of Asia, HKAC has steadily expanded into Europe, in part to meet e-commerce demand in the region.
In February this year, the airline began flying to Glasgow Prestwick Airport (PIK) in Scotland.
In October last year, HKAC launched a route to Birmingham Airport in the UK, while the previous month it had begun flying to Budapest in Hungary and to Oslo in Norway as it looked to benefit from demand for seafood products in Asia.
In February 2024, the airline started operating new routes to Liege in Belgium and London Stansted.
Only in October 2023 did HKAC start operations in Europe for the first time with a service to Milan Malpensa.
In March 2024, the carrier also expanded its Middle East business scope with the launch of a service to Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
HKAC currently has five A330-200Fs that are dry leased from its parent company Hong Kong Airlines, plus an EFW-converted Airbus A330-300P2F that is on ACMI lease.
By 2027, HKAC aims to have 15 aircraft – comprising owned and aircraft, crew, maintenance and insurance (ACMI) leased aircraft, confirmed former president and chief operations officer Captain Clifford Hung in an interview with ACN last year.
