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Asia Airfreight Terminal (AAT) () is an
air cargo
Air cargo is any property carried or to be carried in an aircraft. Air cargo comprises air freight, air express and airmail.
Aircraft types
Different cargo can be transported by passenger, cargo or combi aircraft:
* Passenger aircraft use the ...
terminal
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Computing Hardware
* Terminal (electronics), a device for joining electrical circuits together
* Terminal (telecommunication), a device communicating over a line
* Computer terminal, a set of primary input and output dev ...
based at the
Hong Kong International Airport
Hong Kong International Airport is Hong Kong's main airport, built on reclaimed land on the island of Chek Lap Kok, Hong Kong. The airport is also referred to as Chek Lap Kok International Airport or ''Chek Lap Kok Airport'', to distinguish ...
in
Chek Lap Kok
Chek Lap Kok is an island in the western waters of Hong Kong's New Territories. Unlike the smaller Lam Chau, it was only partially leveled when it was assimilated via land reclamation into the island for the current Hong Kong International ...
,
New Territories
The New Territories is one of the three main regions of Hong Kong, alongside Hong Kong Island and the Kowloon Peninsula. It makes up 86.2% of Hong Kong's territory, and contains around half of the population of Hong Kong. Historically, it ...
, Hong Kong.
AAT has two terminals, Terminal 1 and Terminal 2. Its cargo terminal has a total area of and its
warehouses
A warehouse is a building for storing goods. Warehouses are used by manufacturers, importers, exporters, wholesalers, transport businesses, customs, etc. They are usually large plain buildings in industrial parks on the outskirts of cities, town ...
occupy a total area of . AAT provides a handling capacity of 1.5 million tons per annum and is one of the world's leading air cargo terminal operators. It is the second largest cargo handler in Hong Kong by cargo handling volume, after
HACTL's
SuperTerminal 1.
Shareholders
AAT is a
consortium
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comprising five
shareholders
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.
Shareholders of Asia Airfreight Terminal
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*SATS Ltd
SATS Ltd. (SATS), an acronym derived from Singapore Airport Terminal Services, is a Singaporean airport service company that handles the main ground handling and in-flight catering service provider at its country's Changi Airport. SATS controls a ...
*Eastern Option Limited (A subsidiary of China Merchants Holdings (International)
China Merchants Port Holdings Company Limited () is a major conglomerate based in Hong Kong and is involved in a range of businesses such as port operations, general and bulk cargo transportation, container and shipping business, air cargo, lo ...
)
*Torres Investments (A subsidiary of Kerry Properties
Kerry Properties Limited is a listed company engaged in property development in Hong Kong, Mainland China and Asia Pacific region; infrastructure projects in Hong Kong and Mainland China; and hotel ownership and operations in Mainland China. Th ...
)
* Keppel Telecommunications & Transportation
*Federal Express
FedEx Corporation, formerly Federal Express Corporation and later FDX Corporation, is an American multinational conglomerate holding company focused on transportation, e-commerce and business services based in Memphis, Tennessee. The name "Fe ...
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Asia Airfreight Terminal
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FedEx
Transport companies established in 1998
Chek Lap Kok
Logistics companies of China
Singapore Airlines
China Merchants
Kerry Properties
Air cargo terminals
1998 establishments in Hong Kong