New scheduled air cargo route links Wuhan, Dallas and LA

11:15, August 17, 2020

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  All-cargo air route linking Hangzhou, Madrid launched

  Staff members load the commodities onto a cargo airplane at the Hangzhou Xiaoshan International Airport in Hangzhou, east China's Zhejiang Province, Aug. 13, 2020. An all-cargo air route linking China's Hangzhou and Spain's Madrid was launched Thursday.

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  Air route between western China and Europe reopens

  CHENGDU, Aug. 14 -- Air China has resumed flying on the route linking Chengdu, capital of southwest China's Sichuan Province, and Germany's Frankfurt that was suspended due to the COVID-19 pandemic.It is the first direct route between western China and Europe that has resumed since a reward and sus

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  China's Changsha opens air freight route to New York

  A tractor hauls the parcels from the cross-border e-commerce businesses to the parking apron at the Changsha Huanghua International Airport in Changsha, Chinas Hunan province, on May 28, 2020. (File photo: Xinhua)Changsha, capital of central Chinas Hunan Province, on Friday opened its first regular air route for e-commerce cargo linking New York City in the United States.The first flight on the route, carrying garments and other goods traded on e-commerce platforms, took off from the Changsha Huanghua International Airport on Friday afternoon.Two cargo flights will operate on the route every week, according to the municipal government of Changsha.Changsha lies at the central point of Chinas transportation network. Customs data shows the citys trade volume through cross-border e-commerce surged 651.4 percent year on year from January to July.Amid the global economic uncertainty caused by COVID-19, Chinas foreign trade sector has delivered better-than-expected performance so far this year, boosted by a boom in cross-border e-commerce.In the first half of the year, Chinas trade volume via cross-border e-commerce platforms overseen by customs authorities increased 26.2 percent year on year, with exports and imports up by 28.7 percent and 24.4 percent, respectively, data by the General Administration of Customs showed.