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When
Jade Cargo International, a joint venture between Lufthansa AG and China's
Shenzhen Airlines begins operations in August after it receives its first
freighter, a Boeing 747-400ERF, first flights to Amsterdam and Seoul will
be launched from its cargo hub in Shenzhen signaling a ramp up to a venturesome
carrier that intends “to fly anywhere and everywhere as fast as we
can get the airplanes," Reto Rudolf Hunziker Executive Vice President
sales & marketing told FT. Jade's second Boeing 747-400ERF is due for delivery in November and four others will enter service by January 2008. “I’ve got plans and we’ve got planes. Now we just have to get permission.” Swiss-born Reto Rudolf Hunziker has taken off on the journey of a lifetime, as the Shenzhen International Airport-based JV all-cargo carrier begins service to Amsterdam next month. Reto who is well known for his years aboard the Swiss WorldCargo team cannot wait for tomorrow. “The opportunity to bring our total cargo product to the world market is exciting. “But I know the people and also the market so the transition to an all-cargo carrier is a good one.” The Jade Cargo International Company Ltd. was founded in October 2004 as a joint venture between Shenzhen Airlines, Lufthansa Cargo AG and DEG-Deutsche Investitions- und Entwicklungsgesellschaft mbH. The Company's headquarter is located in Shenzhen (SZX), a fast-growing industrial hub in Pearl River Delta of Guangdong province in China. In the next phase Jade will expand to meet further customer requirements in Europe as well as the United States. “We are thinking about Atlanta and some other U.S. gateways,” Reto said. www.jadecargo.com or reto.hunziker@jadecargo.com. |
Boeing and FedEx
have jointly initiated an in-service evaluation of active radio frequency
identification (RFID) tags on some major airplane parts for a FedEx MD-10
Freighter. |