In the first half of the year, Shenzhen airport international cargo new routes "one after another" to open, and even in nearly a month even open three new international cargo routes. At present, Shenzhen airport cargo route network has been connected to New York, Los Angeles, Anchorage, Chicago and Cincinnati 5 important air cargo hubs in North America, for Guangdong, Hong Kong, Macao and the Greater Bay Area and North America's economic and trade exchanges set up a smooth and fast air cargo channel.
In late April, the "heavyweight" international cargo route Shenzhen-New York received the fourth "pass" for new cargo flights at Shenzhen Airport this year; in early April, Continental Airlines opened a new freighter service from Shenzhen to Leipzig, Germany at Shenzhen Airport. route; the end of March, a full cargo aircraft loaded with 88 tons of goods from Shenzhen Baoan International Airport to the capital of Qatar Doha, marking the official opening of the all-cargo route from Shenzhen to Doha ......
Among them, Shenzhen-New York cargo route is Shunfeng Airlines joint Atlas Air to open a charter business, mainly express cargo, in May has been encrypted to 3 classes per week, to help Shenzhen and the surrounding enterprises to go out and sell the world, to further protect the supply chain stability.
"Shenzhen Airport is the main base of SF Airlines, and we hope to build a route network connected to major global cargo hubs with Shenzhen as the hub, and further increase the capacity investment in Shenzhen in the future." According to the head of international operations of SF Xiong Bo, at present, SF Airlines in Shenzhen Airport has operated more than 10 international and regional cargo routes.
It is worth noting that the aforementioned three cargo routes are operated by well-known domestic and foreign cargo carriers, including Qatar Airways and other industry giants. 3 new routes connected to Doha, Qatar, Leipzig, Germany and New York, the United States are located in the region and the world's important cargo hubs, wide range of radiation, "gold" high. The opening of these "heavyweight" routes will greatly enhance Shenzhen's position in the global supply chain, industrial chain system, and powerfully promote the economic and social development of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Bay Area. Up to now, Shenzhen airport cargo destinations reached 57, including international and regional cargo destinations increased to 36.
"Smooth flow" of the global "Shenzhen speed" in the air cargo capacity to the next level, on the one hand, thanks to the overall prosperity of the freight market has risen, Shenzhen airport intensive opening of international cargo routes is a microcosm of the development of the aviation industry under the epidemic. Since the epidemic, air cargo has gained unprecedented development, and various fields such as airports, aviation and logistics have benefited from it. On the other hand, behind the counter-trend growth of international cargo, it is also inseparable from the efforts of Shenzhen airport to actively broaden the international air cargo market.
Influenced by the new crown pneumonia epidemic caused by the rising price of sea transport and the Ukraine crisis and other factors, some suppliers gradually air cargo as the path of choice. Since the outbreak of the epidemic, a number of shipping giants are eyeing the air cargo "cake". Global shipping giant Maersk has announced the establishment of Maersk Air Cargo, into the field of air cargo transport. In February last year, the world's fourth largest container shipping company France Duffy Shipping Group announced the establishment of cargo air Duffy Airlines.
In this context, the airport to provide support for air cargo also benefit. According to reports, Shenzhen airport originally had "passenger and cargo, cargo-oriented" development strategy. As early as 2006, the Shenzhen Municipal Government adopted the "Shenzhen Airport Regional Master Plan (Draft)" "Airport Ground Recent Traffic Comprehensive Improvement Plan" and other documents, positioning Shenzhen Airport as a cargo gateway airport and a regional passenger hub airport. In February this year, the Shenzhen Municipal Bureau of Transportation officially released the "Shenzhen Comprehensive Transportation "14th Five-Year Plan" also mentioned that it will build a high-quality innovative international aviation hub, and the annual cargo and mail throughput of the airport will exceed 2.1 million tons by 2025.