SF Airlines flies cherries from Chile to China
Two SF Airlines Boeing 747-400ERFs each carried 103 tonnes of cherries from Chile to China on flights on 26 November and 4 December. The flights from Santiago took 31 hours and after arriving in Hangzhou, each pallet of cherries was packed and documented for customs clearance and delivery to shops and homes. Carried on SF […]
Wiseway extends trucking service for Xiamen Airlines
Wiseway Group will extend its strategic partnership with Xiamen Airlines to provide national bonded interstate trucking services from next month. The Australian integrated logistics firm has been acting as the cargo sales agent for China’s sixth largest airline since July 2016. Xiamen Airlines operates seven flights a week from Fuzhou and Xiamen to Sydney, and […]
Atran Airlines links Hangzhou with Riga for Cainiao
Atran Airlines has added a new route to its network between Hangzhou, China and Riga, Latvia for Cainiao Network e-commerce shipments. The flights from Hangzhou, the emerging technology hub and home of China’s e-commerce will operate on Thursdays using a Boeing 737-800BCF, providing up to 23 tonnes of cargo capacity for Alibaba Group’s logistics arms. […]
Alibaba’s Cainiao Network to develop global hubs
Alibaba’s logistics arm, Cainiao Network will develop ‘global hubs’ in five cities around the world to improve cross border logistics infrastructure and improve consumer experience. Cainiao is not revealing any more details on the global hub expansion plan, promising more details will be announced at a later date but the five cities will be Dubai, […]
SF Airlines opens air link between Qingdao and Hangzhou
SF Airlines has opened a transport link between Qingdao and Hangzhou using a Boeing 757-200 on the route. In 2012, SF Express sent all shipments from Qingdao to the southern and eastern regions of China to be delivered cargo aircraft. To cope with increased demand, the Qingdao-Hangzhou air route was set up by SF Airlines […]
Cargo growth slows at Changi but still up five per cent
The growth in cargo volumes at Changi Airport has slowed in October but was still up five per cent year-on-year. The airport in Singapore handled 185,800 tonnes of cargo in October 2017 compared to 177,000 tonnes in the same month of 2016. Year-on-year growth in October was lower than the previous three months; July had […]
SF Airlines connects Dalian with Hangzhou
SF Airlines has added a new connection between the East and Northeast of China with Boeing 757-200 Freighter flights between Dalian and Hangzhou. It started services on 28 March with five flights a week to Northeast port city and SF says it features abundant agricultural resources and economic vitality, adding to the Dalian – Shenzhen […]
United launches San Francisco – Xi’an services
United Airlines has increased services to China with the first trans-Pacific service to Xi’an from San Francisco, launched on 8 May. The Boeing 787 Dreamliner service will operate three times a week between 8 May and 27 October. The outbound flight will depart San Francisco International Airport at 13.25h on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays, arriving […]
