Chengdu opens a direct flying North American cargo aircraft route every week to over 600 tons ｜ Go all out to fight for the economy for construction

Cover reporter Liu Qiufeng

At 7:27 on September 3rd, flight 5Y8469 departed from North America landed on Double Stream International Airport. After a short stop, the flight set off to Chicago, USA at 11:42. This marks the official opening of Aipax International Logistics Chengdu to North American freight routes.

This is another freight route this year after Belgium Brussels, Sao Paulo, Brazil, and Nepal, and other freight routes. It is estimated that by 2027, Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport will form 30 or more international cargo aircraft route networks and cargo and postal throughput over 1 million tons covering more than 1 million tons, and the construction of Pan -Asian air freight hub will be built.

Facing the pressure and testing of continuous epidemic prevention and control, Chengdu has firm confidence, overcome adverse effects, and efficiently coordinate the prevention and control of the epidemic and economic and social development. Based on building an international aviation portal hub, in accordance with the "two -one" coordinated operation and layout, focus on creating the International Airlines Central Transfer Center and the International Air Freight Distribution Center, accelerate the layout of regular direct flying passenger freight routes, and strive for the construction of the economy to build the economy. Development, stabilizing the industrial chain supply chain, and continuous consolidation of the foundation of economic recovery to provide strong guarantee.

The total capacity of over 600 tons per week

Chengdu Freight Direct Flight Chicago, New York, Los Angeles

"Come and go, it facilitates the export of goods and guarantees market supply." Ms. He Wen, general manager of Chengdu Aipax International Logistics Co., Ltd., said that this is the first time that the company has deployed regular freight aircraft business in Chengdu.

The flight uses the B747F full -cargo aircraft to fly. The return journey is equipped with imported goods such as e -commerce retail, with a value of about 12 million yuan. The process is mainly to send Chinese electronics, clothing retail and other products to North America, with a value of nearly 150 million yuan.

"Go to Chengdu and surrounding areas, and some products also come from transshipment goods from East China and South China." Ms. He Wen introduced that the Chengdu-North American freight routes mainly flew to Chicago and New York, USA.

Among them, the flight to Chicago is planned to start two flights per week, starting from Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport on Monday and Saturday; the flight to New York is planned every Monday, and from Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport on Thursday.

Aipix is ​​a well -known enterprise in the field of third -party logistics. In 2020, it achieved 750,000 tons of air freight in the world. It ranks seventh in global air transport agent companies. China ’s air transport agent companies are the first. Segmental rail transportation and supply chain services. Earlier, the company had only operated a full -length charter business in Chengdu.

"The next step is to encrypt the flight frequency to Chicago, increase flying Los Angeles routes, and further supplement the capacity of China to the west of the United States." Ms. He Wen introduced that the company's other B747-400F full-cargo aircraft will be available in double streams in mid-September. International Airport.

At that time, the US -trip shipping flights will be formed in the 6th Class 6 per week, and the direct airline will be added to Chicago, New York, and Los Angeles. The total capacity of the United States from Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport will exceed 600 tons every week, which can effectively solve the air transportation needs of cross -border logistics in Chengdu, Sichuan and even surrounding regions.

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Continue to open up national freight routes from Chengdu to Vietnam, Thailand, Malays

Under the situation of the global aviation transportation industry, why is Epax Logistics be strongly deployed in Chengdu?

There are many reasons behind.

The 14th Party Congress Report of Chengdu proposed that it gives full play to the role of the portal hub to gather drainage, promote the "two -in -one" collaborative efficient operation and the optimization of the route network structure, and build an international aviation centered center and the air freight distribution center.

"Chengdu is vigorously building an air freight hub, and the provincial, municipal and Shuangliu districts have a series of support policies for the development of the aviation industry." Ms. He Wen, general manager of Chengdu Aipax International Logistics Co., Ltd. In the first half of 2022, Sichuan and the United States imports and exports were 95.53 billion yuan in the first half of 2022. It is huge demand for high -efficiency international aviation transportation. This is where they value the most.

In addition, there are not many North American routes in the current international freight routes currently opened by Shuangliu International Airport. "Compared with the needs of local enterprises, compared with the traditional Chinese air transport hubs such as Shanghai, Hong Kong, the transportation power of Chengdu to North America needs to be improved." The head of the Chengdu Shuangliu Aviation Economic Zone said that the existing flying Zhizhi and Canadian routes are Hong Kong routes, which is not conducive Foreign trade enterprises have stabilized material import business and local industrial chain supply chain. If the local capacity cannot meet the needs, companies need to transit through other ports such as Shanghai, Zhengzhou, Hong Kong, which will greatly affect timeliness and economics.

The opening of this route can effectively supplement and expand the radiation range of the logistics supply chain around the advanced manufacturing cluster around Sichuan -Chongqing, reduce the operating costs of enterprises, further form an industrial synergy advantage, enhance regional competitiveness, and attract more well -known enterprises to seek markets and seek markets and to seek markets and to seek markets and to seek markets and to seek markets and to seek markets and to seek markets and to seek markets and to seek markets and to seek markets and to seek markets. opportunity.

In a sense, this time, it also opened a good start for the future development of Aipax's logistics in Chengdu.

"Relying on the advantages of Shuangliu Hub, deepen the route layout of southwestern China, expand the freight freight business, and help the common development of logistics supply chain and regional economy." Ms. He Wen, general manager of Chengdu Aipax International Logistics Co., Ltd. They are also actively exploring freight routes in emerging markets such as Chengdu, Vietnam, Thailand, and Malaysia. The goal is to build Chengdu as the company's freight transit hub in Asia.

Two industries are combined into the industry's international freight route network covering the main hub cities of the five continents

It is not the first time that this intercontinental freight route is opened this year.

According to data from Chengdu Customs, in the first half of the year, Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport was newly opened, encrypted all over the shipping machine and the "Passenger Reform" routes, and opened the first Southwest region to the South American freighter direct route. At present, 23 full -cargo aircraft routes have achieved a stable operation of "non -stop sailing", with a freight volume of the freight freight of 91,000 tons, accounting for 89.2%of the total freight volume; 4326 freight freight flights, accounting for 73.4%of the total number of entry and exit flights. Article 14 "Passenger Reform" international (regional) route, the route network covers the main hub cities of the five continents.

In accordance with the deployment requirements of Chengdu's "Three Outstanding Outstandings and Strong" and "Founding Delivery Strong Chain", Shuangliu is promoting the transformation and development of "integration of passenger and cargo, integration of the two industries", build a "121" city function system, and focus on strengthening the international portal hub Core function, high -level construction of 4.98 square kilometers international airport economic zone, and constructing pan -European Airlines freight hubs.

"Release the opportunity to reaches the airspace of the field, increase the expansion and improvement of international routes, lay out a major functional platform for air freight, build an international freight route network, build a 'international full freight aircraft+domestic abdominal cabin' air freight base." Li Weiran, deputy director of the Management Committee, introduced that in 2022, the Shuangliu International Airport will add more than five international freight routes to continue to improve the coverage and stability of the hub route. By 2027, Shuangliu will build an international logistics system and build the main channel for international freight lines in the United States, Europe and Asia Pacific.

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