Zhengzhou airport opens the second regular cargo route to Central and Eastern Europe, Zhengzhou-Athens cargo route officially set sail on April 18

At 22:45 p.m. on April 18, 2021, with Aeroflot-Russian Airlines flight RF9420 full of Chinese cargo, taking off from Zhengzhou Xinzheng International Airport, the Zhengzhou-Athens regular cargo route successfully made its first flight. This is the secondregular cargo routeto Central and Eastern Europe opened at Zhengzhou airport after the opening of the international regular cargo route to Budapest. This is also the first regular cargo route from Chinese Mainland to Athens.

At about 21:00 p.m. on April 18, after the flight from Russia to Zhengzhou, it began to fly the regular international cargo route from Zhengzhou to Athens. The cargo flight was B757-200F. The outbound goods loaded in Zhengzhou airport are cross-border e-commerce goods such as shoes, clothing, toys and small commodities. At the initial stage of the flight, it is planned to fly two flights a week, and at the later stage, it is gradually encrypted to four flights a week according to the market situation.

In recent years, Henan Airport Group has closely combined the party history learning and education with the high-quality development of Zhengzhou aviation hub. Relying on the air "Silk Road”, we improved the quality and capacity of Zhengzhou aviation hub. We gradually expanded the air cargo integration cooperation by building logistics cooperation and digital platform; In order to further build a new fulcrum of Henan's opening up, we will focus on accelerating the construction of the air Silk Road and the open platform carrier of Zhengzhou aviation hub. The opening of the Zhengzhou-Athens cargo route is one of the development achievements; The opening of the regular cargo route from Zhengzhou to Athens will further enrich the "air Silk Road" cargo route network layout of Zhengzhou airport, enhance the global accessibility of the aviation logistics hub channel of Zhengzhou airport. And it is of great significance to accelerate the opening up of our province, integrate into the new development pattern of double cycle, and promote the economic and trade exchanges between China and Greece and the Mediterranean region.

It is understood that the regular cargo route from Zhengzhou to Athens is chartered and operated by Universal Translink company. This company is a freight forwarding enterprise that entered Zhengzhou airport for operation last year. For more than a year, it has made full use of the advantages of Zhengzhou airport in route network, guarantee ability, customs clearance efficiency and innovative development to expand the scale of goods collection and distribution. And it one after another chartered transport capacity to open cargo routes in Zhengzhou airport. In the early stage. It has opened five regular cargo routes from Zhengzhou to Budapest every week. It is actively promoting the construction of Budapest overseas cargo terminal project with Henan airport group.

Under the leadership of the Henan provincial Party committee and the provincial government, Henan Airport Group has thoroughly implemented General Secretary Xi Jinping's important directive spirit to Henan and air Silk Road, and implemented the development strategy of "Freight first, international first and doing first". The construction of Zhengzhou airport's international air cargo terminal has achieved remarkable results. According to the latest statistics from Henan airport group, as of mid-April, the cargo throughput of Zhengzhou airport this year has exceeded 200000 tons, an increase of 69 %; Among more than 240 civil aviation airports in China, it ranks sixth in China. In this year's 200000 tons cargo volume of Zhengzhou airport, the international and regional cargo volume has reached 150000 tons, a year-on-year increase of 99.9%；It fully shows the vitality of Henan Province's opening to the outside world.

In the next step, Henan Airport Group will fully integrate into the new development pattern, build the strategic fulcrum of domestic large circulation and domestic and international double circulation, continuously optimize the freight hub route network, and further improve the air-to-air transit cargo support capacity and multimodal transport system; We will attract more large logistics integrators at home and abroad, build a global aviation logistics supply chain system, speed up the construction of Zhengzhou Airport north cargo area, continuously improve the development level of aviation hub, ensure a good start in the 14th Five Year Plan, and celebrate the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Communist Party of China with outstanding achievements.