"China Civil Aviation News", China Civil Aviation Network Reporter Zhao Yu Correspondents Li Na and Chen Wen reported: On December 18, the Hangzhou-Dubai all-cargo flight route was put into operation. The route is operated by YTO Airlines. The initial plan is to operate three flights per week. This is the eighth new international all-cargo flight route launched by Hangzhou Airport this year.
The maiden flight YG9049 took off at 04:41 in the morning that day. It was a Boeing 767 aircraft, carrying 45 tons of cargo such as clothing and auto parts, and headed to Dubai. Dubai is the largest economic and financial center in the Middle East and is known as the "trade capital" of the Middle East and North Africa. In the past, goods from Hangzhou to Dubai had to be transferred to a third place such as Guangzhou, and the transportation time was more than 20 hours. With the opening of direct flights, the time will be shortened to 14 hours, and logistics efficiency will be significantly improved.
On the day of the first flight, Hangzhou Airport paid close attention to the flight operations on that day and gave priority to arranging seats close to the international cargo terminal. After receiving the outbound handover order from the cargo station, the operators immediately checked the status of the goods with the outbound personnel at the cargo station, and dispatched business backbones to coordinate the cargo entry, assembly and other operations to ensure safe and efficient shipment of the goods.
Since this year, Hangzhou Airport has opened cargo routes to Billund, Chicago, Budapest, Amsterdam, Mexico City and other places. As of November, international freight volume increased by 3.7% year-on-year. It is worth mentioning that, driven by e-commerce activities such as "Black Friday" in December, the single-day cargo volume of Hangzhou Airport East International Cargo Terminal has hit new highs, with the highest volume reaching 696 tons on December 8.
The opening of the Hangzhou-Dubai all-cargo flight route will further fill the gap in air cargo routes between Hangzhou and the Middle East, and build an efficient and convenient air channel for economic and trade exchanges with the Middle East. It will help "Zhejiang goods go to Zhejiang" and promote Zhejiang's high-level opening up and high-level Quality development.
