The Chinese airline operates three passenger flights a week to Riyadh and Jeddah, and SATS will provide warehouse handling services for over 2,400 tonnes of import, export and transit cargo annually.
SATS has been providing air cargo services in Saudi Arabia for six years and handles over 60,000 tonnes of cargo and mail for 19 airline customers.
Bob Chi, CEO Gateway Services at SATS, says, “The airline is an important and growing partner of the SATS Group globally and we look forward to supporting its growth in Saudi Arabia through the provision of high-quality cargo handling services in our modern and well-equipped facilities.”
Jiandong Liu, General Manager of Ground Handling Management Division at Hainan Airlines, adds, “It is important to Hainan Airlines and our customers that we work with cargo handling partners that can consistently meet the service standards we require. SATS and WFS share our approach and, together, they now offer us the opportunity to work with a single partner at more major airports across our network.”
SATS offers cargo services in Riyadh, Dammam and Jeddah.
The SATS Airfreight Terminal in Riyadh covers 30,000m2 and has over 300,000 tonnes of cargo capacity, the Dammam warehouse is also 30,000m2 and the 8,000m2 facility in Jeddah has a capacity of 36,000 tonnes a year.
SATS provides road feeder services to the three airports and to Medina Airport.