Hactl to provide freighter handling services to Western Global Airlines

May 10, 2018: Florida-based airline Western Global Airlines (WGA) has selected Hong Kong Air Cargo Terminals (Hactl) to handle its first scheduled service into Hong Kong.

The new twice-weekly 747-400F service between Hong Kong and Los Angeles is being operated in partnership with US forwarder Flexport. The airline plans to add a further weekly flight from September.

Hactl is providing ramp handling, terminal handling and all documentation for the flights.

Neel Jones Shah, Flexport’s SVP and Global head of Air Freight said: “This new partnership allows Flexport to offer predicable, affordable and a custom-tailored service to our customers with guaranteed capacity through seamless, dedicated scheduled service in the important Hong Kong to US markets.”

Western Global’s CEO and Founder, Jim Neff added: “Working with Hong Kong’s leading freighter handler, Hactl, will help ensure that we can provide our customer Flexport with optimum service levels based on highly-efficient ground operations.”

Vivien Lau, executive director, Hactl commented: “We welcome Western Global and its partner Flexport to our growing carrier family, and look forward to supporting both with our unrivalled freighter handling expertise, state-of-the-art systems and impressive resources.”