BEIJING – Yuantong Airlines has started a regular cargo service betweenKarachi and China’s Xinjiang Kashgar as the first cargo plane loaded with9.25 tons of goods including chilled aquatic products such as squid,octopus, and shrimp, arrived at Kashgar Airport.
This is the first international regular cargo route to Pakistan opened byKashgar Airport and the sixth international full cargo flight routelaunched by Xinjiang Airport Group in 2019.
The airline will operate a Boeing B757-200F, a full cargo aircraft once aweek on the route.
The Kashgar-Karachi freight route has introduced a special subsidy policy,which provides financial subsidies to charter operators. In October, theofficial application for the Kashgar-Karachi international cargo routeoperated by Xinjiang Zhonghe Airport Logistics company and YuantongAirlines were approved.
Karachi is capital of Sindh province and the largest city in Pakistan andthe largest seaport.
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It may be mentioned that Kashgar Airport is an important aviation fulcrumin the Belt and Road economy. The opening of this route is of greatsignificance to the construction of the “International Shipping Corridor”and “International Aviation Hub” of Xinjiang Airport Group.
It is also beneficial for China and Pakistan as it will promote tradeexchanges, build an air channel and service platform for economic and tradedevelopment in Xinjiang and South Asia.
