This page is last-updated on January 1, 1998.
HKG Airport View in late-June 1997. There was a Cathay Pacific
B747-300 in old colors and a JAL B747-300 moving towards the runway.
Another JAL MD11 and a China Airlines A300 were parking outside the terminal.
HKG Airport View in early-July 1997. There were three freighters
parking outside HACTL for loading and unloading of cargo. This
includes Northwest Airlines B747-200F, JAL Cargo Super Logistics
B747-200F and Nippon Cargo Airlines B747-200F. This photo was
taken from a high-rise building near HKG.
HKG Airport View in early-July 1997. There were two freighters
parking outside HACTL for loading and unloading of cargo. This
includes FedEx MD11F and UPS B747F. They were both all-cargo
airlines serving HKG. This photo was taken from a high-rise building.
HKG Airport View in mid-July 1997. There were two freighters
parking outside HACTL for loading and unloading of cargo. This
includes Air Hong Kong, the only cargo airline based in HKG, and
Lufthansa Cargo. This photo was taken from a high-rise building.
A sunny afternoon view of HKG can be seen in this
picture. A Malaysian Airlines A330-322 (9M-MKI)
was parked just outside the terminal building. Some
other aircraft like China Eastern Airlines A300-600R (B-2325),
Qantas B747-400, Virgin Atlantic A340-300, Cathay Pacific
Cargo B747s in old and new colors were all parked on
the HKG apron on March 7, 1997 at about 1720.
This picture was taken at HKG International Airport 2/F restaurant.
The aerodrome shown here is situated on the south-east
side of the airport. It has 11 parking bays. The picture
shows a number of B747s. From left to right, there parked
Cathay Pacific Cargo B747-200F VR-HVZ, then Air Hong Kong
B747-200F VR-HME, a Northwest Cargo B747-200F, Singapore
B747-400 MegaTop and a Cathay Pacific A340-300 VR-HXC faraway.
This part of the airport apron is usually for long-term
parking, maintainance and cargo operations.
This photo was taken on August 30, 1996 at about 1100
on the Kowloon Bay pedestrian flyover.
This photo showed the apron outside the terminal building.
The aircraft parked just outside the terminal was a
Philippine Airlines A300B4 RP-C3005. The aircraft behind
was a QANTAS B747-400, just arriving from Sydney. A Gulf Air
B767-300ER parked next to the QANTAS B747 and was ready
to take off to Bangkok. The building faraway was HACTL, which
stands for Hong Kong Air Cargo Terminal Limted. There were
a few freighters parking outside the cargo terminal; this
included Air Hong Kong B747-200F, Northwest Cargo
B747-200F, FedEx Md11F and UPS B747F.
This photo was taken at the 2/F restaurant
of Kai Tak on August,1996 at about 1700.
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In the photo, there parked two freighters, Air France Cargo
and Martinair. The Air France Cargo had no red strip on
the logo. This looked like an Air France ASIE, which used
to fly to Taipei. The B747-200F, was registered as F-GCBM.
Air France Cargo has 3 weekly flights from Paris. Martinair
has flights to HKG weekly. It usually uses B747s, while
sometimes uses MD11Fs.
This photo was taken on the carpark roof of
Richlands Garden on October 17, 1996 at about 1700.
This is the night view of Hong Kong International Airport.
The aerodrome shown here is the cargo apron. Outside the
cargo terminal, there stood two freighters, FedEx B747 and
Northwest Cargo B747-200F. There are a number of American
cargo companies serving HKG. This includes, Atlas Air,
American International Airways, FedEx, Northwest Cargo,
Polar Air Cargo and United Parcel Services.
