Times of Islamabad

Chinese Airline launches new Air Cargo Route to Pakistan

Chinese Airline launches new Air Cargo Route to Pakistan

ISLAMABAD – Chinese Airline launches new Air Cargo Route to Pakistan’sKarachi in order to enhance the trade activities with Pakistan commercialhub.

A new air freight route was launched on Monday linking Kunming, capital ofChina’s Yunnan Province, and Karachi, according to Kunming ChangshuiInternational Airport.

The all-cargo air route is operated by China’s YTO Express every Monday,Wednesday and Saturday, mainly delivering cross-border e-commerce cargo.

It is the first international all-cargo air route launched by YunnanAirport Group since the China (Yunnan) Pilot Free Trade Zone wasestablished in August.

The newly launched Pak-China air freight route would play an important rolein the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) as an efficient andconvenient logistics channel for economic and trade exchanges between thetwo countries, according to the airport.

The group has 11 air freight routes linking the city with China’s coastalcities, India, Nepal, Vietnam, and other countries.

Karachi, as an industrial, commercial, trade and financial center, isPakistan’s largest city and the national railway and aviation networkcenter. Its superior geographical position makes it a major transportationlink connecting Europe, Asia, and Africa.