Air cargo carriers add 19 routes to Europe in Jan

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By Chang Chaofan (Global Times) 14:37, March 06, 2025

With the shifting international trade landscape, businesses are also actively adapting their sales and distribution strategies to meet new demand. The growth in logistics infrastructure highlights Chinese businesses' ability to better align with global market needs, reinforcing China's role in the international supply chain, Li added.

Meanwhile, amid growing freight routes to Europe, Ezhou Huahu International Airport in Central China's Hubei Province - Asia's first professional cargo hub airport - in January launched routes to European destinations, including Paris, Frankfurt, Budapest and Milan, according to a post on the CFLP's official WeChat account.

These routes primarily transport products such as cross-border e-commerce goods, high-end accessories, precision instruments, electronics, light luxury clothing and red wine, the post said.

In addition to Ezhou, cities such as Chengdu, Southwest China's Sichuan Province and Xi'an, Northwest China's Shaanxi Province are actively expanding their international air cargo networks, opening new routes to Amsterdam in the Netherlands and Debrecen in Hungary, further enhancing the air logistics channels between China and Europe, according to the post.

"This growth in the number of air cargo routes to Europe is significant - it shows that both sides are actively seeking to strengthen trade ties," Jian Junbo, a deputy director of the Center for China-Europe Relations at Fudan University's Institute of International Studies, told the Global Times on Wednesday.

This underscores the deep interdependence between the two Chinese and European markets, as demand for Chinese products remains strong in Europe, Jian said.

According to data from the General Administration of Customs, China-EU bilateral trade grew by 1.6 percent in 2024.

(Web editor: Tian Yi, Liang Jun)