Freight forwarder Senator International is adding flights to China to its SAB air charter network in response to ongoing supply chain disruptions.

Senator announced that starting September 8, it will provide a service to China for the first time, a twice-weekly charter service between Tianjin and Hannover aboard a B767-300 freighter.

The freight forwarder will also offer a daily trucking service connecting Tianjin with Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou.

“The global Air Cargo industry is facing major challenges,” Senator said in a statement. “Global demand exceeds available capacity. Due to new Covid cases in China the situation has gotten worse.

“The Chinese government has imposed further restrictions that impact the ground handling at airports. This results in dramatic disruptions in global air cargo traffic and therefore effects the supply chain of our customers,” it added.

Senator will also boost its existing flights between Frankfurt Hahn and Chicago Rockford to three times per week, and its Frankfurt-Hahn to Greenville-Spartanburg service was increased to daily earlier this month.

The Hamburg-headquartered global logistics company said it will also boost its existing flights between Frankfurt Hahn and Chicago Rockford to three times per week, and its Frankfurt-Hahn to Greenville-Spartanburg service was increased to daily earlier this month.

“With the expansion of our SAB routes, we are responding to the current market situation,” said Tim-Oliver Kirschbaum, chief executive of Senator International.

“With additional frequencies and the new destination Tianjin, we are offering our customers a higher flexibility and transparency to move their airfreight.”