In a first step, the Chinese all-cargo carrier based in Shenzhen will begin flying the Seoul-Shanghai-Vienna-Frankfurt-Seoul route twice a week with immediate effect.
A Boeing B747-400ERF (Extended Range Freighter) aircraft, currently the most modern and economical aircraft in the jumbo family, will be deployed on the route. With a maximum takeoff weight of 413,000 kg and equipped with a state-of-the-art ‘nose-cargo door’, the aircraft can transport a payload of around 120 tons over 9,200 kilometres.
Austrian cargo will contribute to the partnership with Jade Cargo its highly developed route network in Central and Eastern Europe and also its cargo specialists, who have years of sales experience in the respective markets.
As a result, Jade clients in Korea and China will be able to access all the 45 destinations that make up the dense East European network of the Austrian Airlines Group.
The cooperation will also serve to increase the intercontinental product range of Austrian Cargo in Central and Eastern Europe, connecting it directly to a number of important centres of population and economic activity in East Asia.