UPS’s New Facility Further Reinforces Hub Position of HKIA in e-Commerce

(HONG KONG, 4 December 2023, 1500hrs)  –  Airport Authority Hong Kong (AAHK) announced today that it has reached agreement with United Parcel Service (UPS) to develop a new hub facility at Hong Kong International Airport (HKIA), which will further enhance the airport’s cargo capacity and reinforce its status as the world’s leading air cargo hub.

Expected to complete in 2028, the new express cargo facility is designed for a handling capacity of close to 1 million tonnes per year and will be built on a land parcel of two hectares with airside access.

Fred Lam, Chief Executive Officer of AAHK said, “We have long embraced the growing importance of e-commerce in global trade and have been taking forward several strategic new facilities in order to capture the new opportunities and further sharpen our competitiveness in air cargo. UPS’s new facility is another important addition to our portfolio of cargo facilities which will help HKIA strengthen its position as a leading global air cargo and e-commerce fulfilment hub.”

HKIA has been the world’s leading international cargo airport since 1996. In 2022, the airport was once again named the world’s busiest cargo airport by Airports Council International, having handled a total of 4.2 million tonnes of cargo during the year. When the Three-runway System operates in full, HKIA will be able to handle an annual cargo volume of 10 million tonnes.

Several major air cargo projects at HKIA are completing and progressing this year. While HKIA’s existing express cargo handling capacity has expanded, a new premium logistics centre focusing on e-commerce has also just been completed. The pilot scheme of the new sea-air intermodal transshipment model linking HKIA and Dongguan has been running smoothly since April 2023, with the permanent facility being developed.