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TRANSPORT

At the end of 2002, the fleets of the three airlines were as follows:

Airline

Aircraft Type

Number in Service

CPA

Airbus A330-300

20

Airbus A340-300

15

Airbus A340-600

2

Boeing B747-200 freighter

6

Boeing B747-400

19

Boeing B747-400 freighter

5

Boeing B777-200

5

Boeing B777-300

7

Total

79

HDA

Airbus A320-200

8

Airbus A321-200

4

Airbus A330-300

9

Boeing B747-200 freighter

1

Boeing B747-300 freighter

2

Total

24

AHK

Boeing B747-200 freighter

1

As regards non-Hong Kong airlines, eight airlines commenced scheduled passenger services to Hong Kong in 2002: Ethiopian Airlines between Addis Ababa and Hong Kong in January; Finnair and Orient Thai Airlines between, respectively, Helsinki and Hong Kong and Bangkok and Hong Kong in February; Air Philippines and Yunnan Airlines between, respectively, Laoag and Hong Kong and Kunming and Hong Kong in June; Mandarin Airlines between Kaohsiung and Hong Kong in August; Turkish Airlines between Istanbul and Hong Kong in October, and Australian Airlines between Cairns and Hong Kong in November. In addition, three other airlines commenced scheduled all-cargo services to Hong Kong during the year: Pacific East Asia Cargo between Clark (Philippines) and Hong Kong in April; Gemini Air Cargo and Kalitta Air between USA and Hong Kong in July.

On the other hand, Angel Airlines and Myanmar Airways both suspended their scheduled passenger services between, respectively, Thailand and Hong Kong and

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