Extra China Airlines flights boost Irish time-sensitive prospects (22nd February 2010)

China Airlines is set to enter Ireland’s temperature-sensitive and express market sectors, when it commences flights from London Heathrow to Taipei in March.

The airline’s Irish GSSA, IAM, has successfully built a substantial support for its three-times-weekly B747 freighter flights from Manchester, using its express overnight road feeder system to deliver cargo from Ireland.

Now, with the addition of new passenger flights operating from London on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Sundays, China Airlines can now offer Irish agents next-day departures on four weekdays.

China Airlines’ flights to Taiwan will depart from London Heathrow at 21:15 on Tuesdays and Sundays, arriving in Taipei at at 18:15 the following day. Thursday services will depart slightly later at 22:05, and will arrive in Taiwan at 19:05 the following day

Says IAM’s MD Ian McCool; “China Airlines is already a key provider of main-deck capacity from Ireland to Asia. With this increase in frequency, it will enable us to target more of the considerable volumes of temperature-sensitive and express cargo moving from Ireland to Taipei and beyond. The new passenger services will be the only non-stop service from the UK to Taipei.  
China Airlines operates a fleet of 66 aircraft, including 20 B747-400 freighters, of which type it is the world’s largest operator. Average age of fleet is 7.2 years.

IAM is the lead company in a successful aviation services group, represents 13 major airlines, and is the exclusive Irish member of EGSAC, the world’s largest GSA network with 130+ stations in 30+ countries.