DOT tentatively selects Polar for Hong Kong Air Cargo service.

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M2 PRESSWIRE-31 August 2001-US DOT: DOT tentatively selects Polar for Hong Kong Air Cargo service (C)1994-2001 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:31082001 The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) today tentatively selected Polar Air Cargo to provide all-cargo services to and from Hong Kong.

Polar would operate three weekly flights between Hong Kong and Seoul, Korea, with service continuing on to the United States. Polar would be the first U.S. carrier to hold traffic rights for the Hong Kong-Seoul segment, introducing U.S.-carrier competition in a market now exclusively served by foreign carriers. The 1995 U.S.-Hong Kong air services agreement allows U.S. carriers to operate up to eight weekly round-trip all-cargo flights between Hong Kong and cities...