TWO PLAUDITS GAINED BY HACTL
Hong Kong Air Cargo
Terminals won the Best
Station award at the fi rst
Pride of Ground Handling
Awards during the Ground
Handling International annual
conference. Hactl’s Ground
Services Supervisor, Chung Cho
Sim Felix, was commended in
the Rising Star category.
New in 2018, the Pride of
Ground Handling Awards are
intended to celebrate excellence
in ground services.
In all, more than 100 entries
were received, which were
competing for fi ve categories:
Best Station; Best Handler-
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Airline Innovation; Ramp
Safety; Rising Star and Unsung
Hero. A panel of 14 aviation
experts assessed the qualifying
entries in a two-stage selection
process.
Hactl’s Chief Executive,
Wilson Kwong, received
the award from well-known
industry fi gure John Willis at a
glittering ceremony held during
GHI’s 20th annual event in
Gothenburg. Said Kwong: “We
are delighted to have received
the Best Station award in these,
the fi rst-ever Pride of Ground
Handling Awards. Ground
handling – particularly on the
cargo side of the business – has
traditionally received very little
public recognition of the vital
role it plays in the aviation
industry. We applaud the
organisers’ efforts to correct this
situation, and to counteract the
misconception that we are an
industry that competes only on
price, not quality.”
SMART MOVE FOR
HONG KONG
Following the award in June
2018 to the Cainiao Network
for hub management, Alibaba
has partnered with Hong Kong
International airport with the aim
of building a global smart logistics
network. To effect this, a smart
logistics hub is to be built in Kwo Lo
Wan at the airport.
The hub (of around 380,000
square metres) is scheduled
to commence operations in
2023. Current as well as future
requirements will be met through
planned robotic and automation
features, as well as temperaturecontrolled
facilities.
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