New Air freight route links Bengaluru, Shenzhen

A new air freight service connectuthe southern Chinese metropolis of Shenzhen in Guangdong Province, and Bengaluru, was recently launched, officials from Shenzhen Ba’oan International Airport stated in a statement. Five flights between the two destinations are scheduled to be operated each week. To date, there are three freight routes linking the airport and India, and the opening of the new route will increase weekly outbound cargo volume from 190 tonnes to over 500 tonnes, officials said. Another four cargo routes connecting the airport with Hanoi, Doha, Leipzig, New York, and Bengaluru have been launched this year. So far, the number of global and regional destinations with the airport’s air cargo services has increased to 34, with 370 cargo flights being operated per week, providing strong support for the export of enterprises in the emerging city. In the first seven months of this year, the overseas cargo throughput of the airport totaled 443,000 tonnes, up 21.6 per cent annually y-o-y.