British cargo airline, One Air, has entered its second year of flight operations by adding a third Boeing 747 freighter to its speedy to meet solid ask for cargo ability in Asia and Europe.
The Boeing 747-400ERF has joined One Air on a 5-year rent from AeroTransCargo FZE and completed its first flight for the airline nowadays from Hong Kong to East Midlands Airport.
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An unique Boeing-constructed freighter, it’s the first airplane in One Air’s speedy to give a nose door moreover to an aspect door for loading and unloading. The -400ERF version moreover offers a increased payload ability of up to 124,000kgs.
One Air commenced B747F flights in July 2023 after receiving its AOC certification from the UK Civil Aviation Authority and added a second 747-400 airplane to its speedy in December to fortify its rising flying programme between China/Hong Kong and Europe.
The airline’s first three hundred and sixty five days of structure operations included flights from airports all over the UK, including London Heathrow, London Stansted, East Midlands Airport, Birmingham, Doncaster/Sheffield, Glasgow Prestwick, and Cardiff. Supporting its rising client deplorable of freight forwarders, logistics companies, and structure brokers, One Air’s 747s have moreover served facets in Europe, the Center East, and Asia, particularly Almaty, Amsterdam, Astana, Châteauroux, Hahn, Hong Kong, Jinan, Larnaca, Maastricht-Aachen, Muscat, Shannon, and Singapore.
Most only in the near past, moreover to ad hoc structure flights, One Air has been running a contract for seven 747F flights every week ex Hong Kong into Europe carrying traditional cargo.
This solid ask moreover reflects the worthwhile industrial activities of Air One Aviation, the airline’s delivery global sales agency.
Paul Bennett, One Air’s Chairman & CEO, talked about: “Our business case was continuously in step with the high ask we noticed for a British cargo airline, and right here’s being borne out by the quantity of flights we’re running. The advent of our third 747-400 and its increased ability and ability will enable us to give more availability to our rising client deplorable. We are moreover pressing ahead with our future speedy plans and ask to add at least one more freighter in the first half of of 2025 in step with our fresh growth opinion.”
In fortify of its third airplane, One Air has recruited an further 27 flight crew and fortify personnel, taking the total team at its UK headquarters to over 125 aviation and cargo professionals.
Earlier this year, One Air announced it was initiating traditional flights the utilization of East Midlands Airport (EMA) for UK flight operations. With its beneficial slot availability and fewer restrictions for all-cargo airplane, the central UK airport is now the destination point for One Air’s weekly flights from Hong Kong.
