A One Air Boeing 747 Freighter flew from Hong Kong to the UK’s East Midlands Airport on September 4 with a full payload of 109 tonnes – marking the launch of the company’s first ever scheduled freighter flights.
Operated on behalf of affiliated sales arm Air One, the four-times-weekly service is aimed at time-sensitive cargo such as e-commerce and electronics.
The company said the launch of scheduled operations marked the “start of a new chapter” for the business.
Flights depart Hong Kong late in the evening, arriving at East Midlands early the next morning for onward distribution across the UK via Swissport’s road feeder services, including to hubs such as Heathrow, Manchester and Birmingham.
Air One operated over 3,000 747F charter flights between January 2020 and August 2025, linking Hong Kong with 35 destinations worldwide and transporting over 300m kg of cargo. The company has now established a permanent Hong Kong office under director Far East Spencer AuYeung.
Air One chief commercial officer Peter Scholten said: “Launching scheduled services is a significant step in AIR ONE’s development and adds a third pillar to our service portfolio alongside wet lease and charter operations.
“Hong Kong has always been a vital market for us, and this new route provides the foundation for a broader scheduled operations strategy. By 2026, Air One plans to expand frequencies from Hong Kong and add further routes to its network.”
Air One, the customer-facing brand of Air One International Holdings, is a global network of cargo airlines and aviation companies offering flexible airfreight capacity through long-term charters, ACMI solutions and scheduled services.
The group manages the commercial activities of subsidiary airline AeroTransCargo SRL (Moldova), as well as its affiliated partners, RomCargo Airlines (Romania) and One Air (United Kingdom). Combined, this represents a widebody fleet consisting of 11 Boeing 747-400 Freighters and now the first 777F.
Air One operates through a network of offices in London, the UAE, and Hong Kong.
