Hong-Kong airline Cathay Pacific on Thursday (May 17) announced its expansion in India with a new twice-weekly freighter service to Hyderabad, reportswww.newstrackindia.com.

The service will operate on the Hong Kong-Delhi-Bangalore-Hyderabad-Hong Kong route every Thursday and on the Hong Kong-Chennai-Hyderabad-Hong Kong route on Sundays.

The move makes Cathay Pacific the first airline to offer air cargo services linking Hyderabad with east and north Asia, the article said.

The company launched its service a month after Thai Airways commenced its Bangkok-Hyderabad-Frankfurt cargo freighter service. Lufthansa is already operating four freighter services a week on the Mumbai-Hyderabad-Sharjah-Frankfurt route.