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TRANSPORT

passenger services in the Asian region. At the end of the year, HDA operated scheduled services to a total of 30 destinations, including 17 cities in the Mainland. AHK continued to operate scheduled all-cargo services to Manchester, Brussels, Dubai and Osaka.

At the end of 2000, the fleets of the three airlines were as follows:

Airline

CPA

Aircraft type

Number in service

Airbus A330-300

12

Airbus A340-300

14

Boeing B747-200 freighter

4

Boeing B747-300

1

Boeing B747-400

19

Boeing B747-400 freighter

3

Boeing B777-200

5

Boeing B777-300

7

Total

65

HDA

Airbus A320-200

6

Airbus A321-200

3

Airbus A330-300

5

Boeing B747-200 freighter*

1

Total

15

Boeing B747-200 freighter

3

AHK

* wet-leased from Atlas Air, a US carrier

Continental Micronesia suspended its scheduled all-cargo services from Guam to Hong Kong in March. Kitty Hawk International replaced American International Airways in operating scheduled all-cargo services from Los Angeles to Hong Kong in March but subsequently suspended the services in May. On the other hand, new scheduled air services were introduced by five airlines during the year: Pakistan International Airlines commenced scheduled passenger services between Karachi/ Islamabad and Hong Kong via Bangkok in May; and between Lahore and Hong Kong in November; P. T. Mandala Airlines of Indonesia began scheduled all-cargo services between Batam and Hong Kong in May; Angel Airlines of Thailand

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