Hong Kong, 28 March, 2024 - Asia Airfreight Terminal (AAT), a subsidiary of SATS Ltd, is honoured to receive the prestigious “The Airfreight Services Provider of the Year” award from Hong Kong Commercial Times Business Awards 2024. 

The Hong Kong Commercial Times (HKCT) is a well-known media platform that annually recognises and honours exceptional enterprises in the industry. The award "The Airfreight Services Provider of the Year" affirms AAT's efforts and achievements over the year through a review of the company's corporate accomplishments, market competitiveness, branding, and professionalism.

Accepting the award in the presence of Hong Kong senior business leaders, AAT Chief Executive Mike Chew said, “It is a wonderful honour to be recognised with this award because it affirms our dedicated team in the airfreight business. As air travel continues to recover in Hong Kong, AAT will be committed to grow and maintain its investments in the business. This recognition also validates our ongoing efforts to improve business efficiency and service offerings."

Since 1998, AAT has a strong commitment to excellence as an air cargo terminal operator. With two state-of-the-art terminals covering 166,000 square meters warehouse area for an annual cargo handling capacity of 1.5 million tonnes, AAT offers exceptional cargo handling and logistics services to over 50 international airlines. AAT's facilities accommodate perishables, multi-temperature cargo, dangerous goods, livestock, and high-value air cargo, ensuring efficient flow of goods.

Going beyond the core business offerings of an air cargo terminal operator, AAT also offers personalised and a customisable range of extended logistics services to the shipping public and airline customers via its logistics arm, Asia Airfreight Services (AAS) to enhance customer experience. The AAS services include the AAS SecurePlus, an integrated screening & logistic solution for e-commerce shipments, and AAS ChinaLink — which offers road feeder services to facilitate the transportation of cargo between major cities in mainland China and the global market via Hong Kong under a land-air intermodal approach.

Recognising Hong Kong's role as a gateway to China and a preferred transshipment center for air freight, in early 2023, AAT launched the upstream acceptance service at the Hong Kong International Airport Logistics Park (HKIALP) in Dongguan, which further optimizes supply chain connectivity of China through Hong Kong with the rest of the world, under the sea-air intermodal.

Mr. Mike Chew, CEO of AAT (left) was presented with the award by Dr Bernard CHAN, JP, Under Secretary for Commerce and Economic Development at Hong Kong Commercial Times Business Awards 2024 ceremony, acknowledging the dedicated efforts of the AAT team over the year.

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ABOUT ASIA AIRFREIGHT TERMINAL (AAT)

Asia Airfreight Terminal (AAT) Co. Ltd, a subsidiary of SATS Ltd and affiliate of Eastern Option Ltd, is an air cargo terminal based at Hong Kong International Airport, the world’s largest international air cargo hub. Operating on a franchise awarded by the Airport Authority Hong Kong since 1998, AAT serves the world's leading airlines, offering a comprehensive range of services from physical cargo handling to documentation processing, to the highest standards of quality, safety and security. To ensure our customers experience the highest levels of service from AAT, our people are skilled cargo professionals committed to operational excellence, harnessing technology and innovation to achieve cost competitiveness and efficiency.

AAT also features state-of-the-art facilities such as the environmentally sustainable AAT COOLPORT facility <Press Release> that is fully certified with IATA CEIV Pharma, IATA CEIV Fresh, and WHO GDP Pharma accreditations. For more information, please visit http://www.aat.com.hk or follow us on LinkedIn.

ABOUT SATS

SATS Ltd. (SATS) is a global air cargo champion empowering end-to-end network solutions, hub handler of the future and leading Asian aviation food solutions provider delivering quality at scale and the preferred brand in food solutions, with authentic taste and nutrition. Using innovative food technologies and resilient supply chains, we create tasty, quality food in sustainable ways for airlines, foodservice chains, retailers, and institutions. With heartfelt service and advanced technology, we connect people, businesses, and communities seamlessly through our comprehensive gateway services for our customers. Fulfilling our purpose to feed and connect communities, SATS delights customers in over 220 locations and 27 countries across the Asia Pacific, UK, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and the Americas. SATS has been listed on the Singapore Exchange since May 2000. For more information, please visit www.sats.com.sg.

MEDIA CONTACT

AAT

Becky Woo

Marketing Communication

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Email: commercial@aat.com.hk

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Email: Cynthia_yensullivan@sats.com.sg