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Operational Records

Aircargo Throughput at HKIA

4000
3500
3000

Tonnage ('000
tonnes)

Ranked the busiest

airport for international
cargo
Handled about 3.7
million tonnes of freight
in 2007
International cargo
accounted for 35.0% of
HKs external trade
value at HK$ 1,946
billion in 2007

2500

1974

2241 2074

3,5803,742
3,402
3,090
24792,642

2000 1629
1500
1000
500
0
1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007

Operational Records (Cont)

1,661

1,611

1,610

1,593

Miami (MIA)

Amsterdam
(AMS)

Taipei
(TPE)

1,895

Singapore
(SIN)

2,030

Frankfurt
(FRA)

2,133

Shanghai
(PVG)

2,212

Tokoy
(NRT)

2,524

Anchorage
(ANC)

3,742

Seoul (ICN)

4,000
3,500
3,000
2,500
2,000
1,500
1,000
500
0

Hong Kong
(HKG)

Throughput ('000
tonnes)

Top 10 Busiest Airports in 2007 International Air Cargo

Throughput (Preliminary - Source ACI)

Operational Records (Cont)

2007 Hong Kong Air Cargo Throughput and External
Trade Value
Tonnage Distribution by Mode

External Trade Distribution by

Mode

Air
1.3%

Sea &
Land
98.7%

Air
35.0%

Sea &
Land
65.0%

Comparative Advantage of HKIA

Free port
Strategic geographic location
Excellent connectivity & accessibility
Reliable & quality service
Extensive IT application
High safety & security
Sufficient cargo capacity
Efficient cargo operation
Competitive total cost

Timely Infrastructure Expansion

New Cargo Terminal
Cathay Pacific Services Limited
has been awarded the franchise
Design capacity of 2.6 million
tonnes per annum
About HK$4.8 billion investment
Land area of around 10 hectares
State-of-art Material Handling
System
Completion by 2011

Advanced Air Cargo Facilities

1st Tier Cargo Handling
Asia Airfreight Terminal Ltd (AAT)
Designed capacity 1.51 million tonnes per annum (T1+T2)
Total investment over HK$ 2.5 billion to build T1 and T2
Land area of about 8 hectares and gross floor area of about
170,000 m2
State-of-the-art fully automated cargo handling system
Special cargo handling facilities strong/cold room, freezer,
dangerous goods room, radioactive room
Awarded Technology Asset Protection Association
Certification (TAPA)
CHINALINK one-stop cargo service to/from PRD

Advanced Air Cargo Facilities (Cont)

1st Tier Cargo Handling
Hong Kong Air Cargo Terminals (Hactl)
Designed capacity of 2.6 million tonnes per annum
About HK$ 8 billion investment
Land area of about 17 hectares and gross floor area of
about 330,000 m2
State-of-the-art fully automated cargo handling system
Special cargo handling facilities perishable/ livestock/
horse/ valuable cargo handling centres, refrigerated &
dangerous goods cargo centres, express centre
Awarded Technology Asset Protection Association
Certification (TAPA)
SuperLink China Direct one-stop cargo service
to/from PRD

Advanced Air Cargo Facilities (Cont)

1st Tier Cargo Handling
DHL Central Asia Hub
Handled over 35,000 parcels and 40,000
documents per hour after expansion
Total investment over HK$1.6 billion
Occupies land area of about 3.5 hectares
Awarded Technology Asset Protection
Association Certification (TAPA)
Become the first large scale automated
express hub in Asia Pacific
Completion for the revamp of the existing
facility by 2008

Advanced Air Cargo Facilities (Cont)

1st Tier Cargo Handling
Air Mail Hub
Operated by Hongkong Post
Handle 700,000 mail items per
day
Land area of about 2 hectares
Equipped with state-of-the-art
mail sorting system

Advanced Air Cargo Facilities (Cont)

2nd Tier Cargo Handling
Marine Cargo Terminal (MCT)
Round the clock operations with
capacity of 150,000 tonnes per
annum
450 metres quay front for
berthing
Provide one-stop multimodal
service linking with 17 PRD ports

Advanced Air Cargo Facilities (Cont)

2nd Tier Cargo Handling
Airport Freight Forwarding Center (AFFC)
Land area of about 6 hectares (including
landing platforms and truck parking bays)
Gross floor area: 139,000 m2
Provide cargo warehousing and logistics
operations
Enable freight forwarder to undertake
consolidation and distribution at the airport

Advanced Air Cargo Facilities (Cont)

2nd Tier Cargo Handling
Tradeport Logistics Centre
Land area of about 1.4 hectares in
the South Commercial District of
the airport
Gross floor area: 31,000 m2
Provide a wide range and customdesigned logistics services such
as inventory management, order
processing and postponement
assembly

Excellent Partnership
Cargo Facilitation Committee
Quarterly meeting
Members include
- AAHK
- AAT
- C&ED
- CLG
- CPSL
- DHL
- Hactl
- HAFFA
- CKSA

Excellent Partnership (Cont)

Streamline Customs Process
Expedite clearance by providing integrated
EDI linkage between 7 air cargo operators
and Customs & Excise Department (C&ED)
Allow pre-arrival customs clearance,
covering all types of cargo down to house
airway bill level
Provide priority consignments facility,
assign default constraint code
automatically
Facilitate authorized providers to provide
cross boundary bonded truck service to the
mainland China

Integrated Logistics Services in PRD

Air Cargo Flow Network
Various cargo deports have been established in the
Pearl River Delta
Reaching out to the cargo market at source to
strengthen the role of HKIA as the preferred air cargo
hub in Asia
Facilitate the flow of goods via Hong Kong, enhancing
HKIA as a major supply chain integrator of China

Industry Recognition HKIA

2008 and 2007 Air Cargo Award of
Excellence by Air Cargo World
2007 International Airport of the Year
by Centre for Asia Pacific Aviation
2007 Asia-Pacific Airport Efficiency
Excellence Award by Air Transport
Research Society
2007 and 2005 Most Friendly Airport for
Cargo by the Federation of Asia Pacific
Aircargo Associations (FAPAA)
Best Airport Worldwide 2005 by IATA & ACI
Cargo Airport of the Year 2002 & 2003 by Air
Cargo News

Performance Standards
2007 Performance of Cargo Terminal Operators
Indicator

HKIA
Performance
Standard

Export Cargo
reception within
15 mins

96%

CTOs
Actual
Performance
99 - 100%

Import cargo
collection within
30 mins

96%

100%