Leipzig-Hongkong - Box512/19 B777F

The location of the latest PilotsEYE.tv is the cockpit of a Boeing 777 “freighter”. The flight promises a reunion with a familiar face from the Maldives and North Pole episodes (LTU): Joe Moser, presently Chief Pilot and Director of Flight Operations at AeroLogic, a joint venture of DHL Express and Lufthansa Cargo.

Chek Lap Kok, Hong Kong’s airport, was opened in 1998 and boasts the world’s largest freight terminal. Among passenger airports it is the 12th busiest in the world, with 53 million passengers a year. For the foundation of the airport, an adjacent island was leveled and joined via land reclamation. With more than 1,000 takeoffs and landings a day, the airport is on par with Frankfurt.

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