# Air Hong Kong (IATA LD · ICAO AHK · AWB 288)

> Air Hong Kong is Hong Kong's first all-cargo airline, with IATA code LD, ICAO code AHK and AWB prefix 288. The company has been wholly owned by Cathay Pacific Airways Limited since February 2002 and holds its own air operator's certificate (Hong Kong AOC no. 6). It works as a CMI and ACMI operator, flying its express network on behalf of DHL Express. Forwarders do not book AHK capacity with the airline directly but through Cathay Cargo as worldwide general sales agent; air waybills carry prefix 288. The fourteen A330 freighters serve a dense overnight network from Hong Kong across North and Southeast Asia.

## Quick facts

| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Legal | AHK Air Hong Kong Limited |
| IATA | `LD` |
| ICAO | `AHK` |
| AWB prefix | `288` |
| Country | HK |
| Group | Cathay Pacific Airways Limited |
| Tracking | https://www.cathaycargo.com/en-us/track-and-trace.html |

## Overview

AHK Air Hong Kong Limited, trading as Air Hong Kong or AHK, is Hong Kong's first all-cargo airline and has been a wholly owned subsidiary of Cathay Pacific Airways Limited since February 2002. The company holds its own air operator's certificate; the Hong Kong Civil Aviation Department lists it under AOC number 6. Its registered office is at Cathay House at Hong Kong International Airport (HKG), the world's busiest cargo airport.

The operating model is unusual for a scheduled freight carrier. Air Hong Kong describes itself as a CMI and ACMI operator and flies its express network on behalf of DHL Express, its long-standing key customer, with whom a long-term block space agreement has been in place since 2019. Charter services are offered in addition. Booking and shipment tracking are not handled by the airline itself but by Cathay Cargo as its worldwide general sales agent.

As at 31 December 2025 the fleet comprised fourteen Airbus freighters: four A330-200F and ten A330-300P2F, with an average age of 13.6 years. With the retirement of the last A300-600F on 27 June 2025, AHK completed a seven-year re-fleeting programme. A further A330P2F joins in the fourth quarter of 2026 under a long-term lease with Air Transport Services Group and will mainly operate freighter services to the Chinese Mainland and regional destinations for Cathay Cargo.

The summer 2026 timetable, valid from 29 March to 24 October 2026, lists fourteen scheduled destinations from Hong Kong: Seoul Incheon, Osaka Kansai, Tokyo Narita, Nagoya, Singapore, Manila, Cebu, Ho Chi Minh City, Penang, Taipei, Chengdu, Beijing, Shanghai Pudong and Bangkok.

What matters for forwarders: IATA code LD, ICAO code AHK, callsign AIR HONG KONG, AWB prefix 288. Available freight tonne kilometres reached 853 million in 2025, down 4.6 per cent year on year.

## Hubs

- HKG

## Fleet

- Airbus A330-300P2F × 10

- Airbus A330-200F × 4

- Airbus A330P2F × 1

## Sources

- [Air Hong Kong – offizielle Website](https://www.airhongkong.com.hk)

- [IATA – Current Airline Members, Air Hong Kong](https://www.iata.org/en/about/members/airline-list/air-hong-kong/607/)

- [FAA Order JO 7340.2P Contractions, Change 3 vom 09.07.2026](https://www.faa.gov/air_traffic/publications/atpubs/cnt_html/chap3_section_3.html)

- [Civil Aviation Department Hong Kong – List of AOC Holders](https://www.cad.gov.hk/english/airoperator.html)

- [Cathay Pacific Airways Limited – Annual Results 2025 vom 11.03.2026](https://www.cathaypacific.com/content/dam/cx/about-us/investor-relations/announcements/en/2025-cx-annual-results-en.pdf)

- [Cathay Pacific – Air Hong Kong enters a new era as an all-Airbus A330F freighter airline, 27.06.2025](https://news.cathaypacific.com/air-hong-kong-enters-a-new-era-as-an-all-airbus-a330f-freighter-airline)

- [Cathay Pacific – Cathay Cargo adds an Airbus A330 freighter from Air Hong Kong, 18.06.2026](https://news.cathaypacific.com/cathay-cargo-adds-an-airbus-a330-freighter-from-air-hong-kong-to-support-further-growth-w9hwle)

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