Cathay Pacific Airways recently announced a growth of its freighter services in the Americas with the addition of a twice-weekly scheduled service to Portland in Oregon, the United States, from 3 November 2016, based on government approval. Portland will be Cathay Pacific's 18th cargo station in the Americas.

The new Portland service will operate on a Hong Kong - Anchorage - Los Angeles - Portland - Anchorage - Hong Kong routing every Thursday and Saturday, utilizing Cathay Pacific's most recent and biggest freighter, the Boeing 747-8F. The service will meet growing demand to move a large range of products from the Pacific Northwest and the United States to various parts of Asia, providing shippers with higher option and flexibility when connecting to Cathay Pacific's international freight network through the Hong Kong hub.

The Boeing 747-8F aircraft offers more freight area to carry the anticipated high volumes of semi-finished footwear and garments, electronic devices, and perishables from Portland and its catchment area into Asia. Portland is likewise among the quick growing centers for e-Commerce associated deliveries for the Pacific Northwest region.

Cathay Pacific was the very first Asia Pacific airline company to take shipment of the Boeing 747-8F in 2011 and presently has 13 of this aircraft type in its cargo fleet. The Boeing 747-8F uses ingenious technologies to bring about substantial efficiency enhancements to the airline's ultra-long-haul freighter services, particularly on North American routes, and at the same time decrease the environmental effect of its operations.

The state-of-the-art Cathay Pacific Cargo Terminal at Hong Kong International Airport provides a broad spectrum of logistical options for the airfreight market. Integrating sophisticated innovation with streamlined work flows to set brand-new service benchmarks for the market, consumers gain from extended cut-off times, last-minute freight approval and lowered connection times for transhipments.

Cathay Pacific Director Cargo Simon Large stated: "The Americas is an essential market for Cathay Pacific and we are delighted to add Portland to our broadening freighter network. We are committed to providing the very best freight services linking Asia to this important manufacturing region, and at the same time boosting Hong Kongs standing as one of the worlds key international airfreight hubs.