June 2015 / Hong Kong
Expo no. 84: Freight of your life
It might be a panda en route to a zoo or cashmere jumpers heading for Beijing or Boston. But regardless of value there is a good chance it is going to be shipped through Hong Kong International Airport’s cargo hub.
Sat on a vast man-made platform off Hong Kong’s largest island, Hong Kong International Airport (HKIA) is edged on one side by towering green-and-purple mountains and on the other by the South China Sea. It’s one of the most spectacular places to watch planes taking off and landing. And nestled into the base of this aviation amphitheatre, lined up in a neat row that flanks the south runway, are the facilities that make the airport the world’s biggest air-cargo hub. Last year, 4.4 million tonnes of freight were shifted through this airport.
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