Jade Cargo International

Shenzhen airport

Jade Cargo International, was a Chinese cargo airline based in Shenzhen.

History

On 21 October 2004, the shareholders' agreement was signed, the establishment of a Chinese cargo airline by Shenzhen Airlines ( 51%), Lufthansa Cargo ( 25 % ) and the German Development Corporation (24%) foresaw. The flight operations began on 5 August 2006. The joint venture is the first cargo airline in China with foreign ownership.

Began in late 2011 Jade Cargo flight operations due to lack of demand until further. In spring 2012, Lufthansa announced to issue their share of Jade Cargo International and still want to get out from 2012 to the joint venture. A first found for the restructuring partner has since withdrawn because of the high expected costs. The company was settled in the sequence.

Objectives

As destinations served Jade Cargo International since August 5, 2006 Amsterdam -Schiphol and Seoul with three weekly flights. Other objectives were, among others, Chengdu, Shanghai, Tianjin, Osaka, Brescia, Barcelona, ​​Luxembourg, Frankfurt, Lahore, Karachi, Stockholm. The connection to Vienna since June 2011 no longer existed already.

Fleet

As of May 2012, the fleet of Jade Cargo International consisted of six cargo aircraft:

• 6 Boeing 747- 400ERFs ( last off)