Toni Wong with TRANSAREA CHINA LIMITED in Hong Kong, has prepared a message and has asked to have it shared with all GTO Members and GTO Agents worldwide GTO HQ is pleased to be of assistance.
Dear GTO Partners,
We hope everyone is staying safe & healthy.
We would like to update you with regard to the current situation of air transport in Hong Kong during the Pandemic of the coronavirus.
The Pandemic seems to be under control in Hong Kong. There are only three new local cases recorded, plus 27 new imported cases in the past 28 days. At present, secondary schools are scheduled to resume next week and business activities are going back to normal gradually under certain regulations of social distancing.
For air transport in Hong Kong, the number of flights fell by 75.5 % in April, with a drop of 99.5% passenger recorded. Choice of airline service is extremely limited at the moment due to cancellation of passenger flights. Airlines are unable to confirm the frequency, departure dates, routing and transit time even at the time of booking.
Moreover, the air freight cost has raised by multiples since February on weekly or even daily basis. The high market price even allows the local flagship airline, Cathay Pacific, to
launch cargo-only passenger flights in response to the surge demand.
The air freight cost is expected to be maintained at a high level in the next few months unless the lockdown is relaxed globally. We highly suggest checking with your
customers for any new air freight orders in advance and informing Transarea. It would be very
helpful to both of us by securing the space and allowing us to negotiate with airlines as early as possible.
At the same time, we would welcome a brief overview from each of your companies about recent changes in
trucking, customs clearance, routing & flight schedules in your countries. The information will be very useful to us to explain the situations to our clients and to be able to suggest to them new plans for the shipments beforehand.
Thank you taking the time to review our message. To the benefit of all of our friends worldwide, we are very hopeful this Pandemic ends soon for the sake of everyone.
We also wish to take this opportunity to say hello on behalf of our branch office in Shanghai. Meanwhile,
p
lease feel free to let us know in case any assistance is required.
Best regards,
Toni Wong
Customer Service Department
TRANSAREA CHINA LIMITED
Hong Kong
Email:
tahkg@netvigator.com
