Great Wall doubles U.S. weekly flights

Great Wall doubles U.S. weekly flights Shanghai-based all cargo airline Great Wall Airlines said Tuesday it is doubling its services to the United States to six weekly flights from Sept. 4.
   Great Wall, which began operations in 2006, had been operating three times a week from Shanghai to Seattle and Chicago via Seoul since June 1. The three new services will be operated with the same routing on Monday, Thursday and Saturday, the airline said.
   Great Wall, which is 49 percent owned by Singapore Airlines Cargo and a subsidiary of the Singapore government’s Temasek Holdings, operates a fleet of three 747-400 freighters, with a network covering Shanghai, Tianjin, Amsterdam, Manchester, Seoul, Dubai, Chicago and Seattle.