Domestic cargo and mail transportation has recorded positive year-on-year growth for the first time since December 2019, the civil aviation regulator said on Tuesday, showing a continued recovery of the industry amid global pandemic.
In terms of routes, cargo volume for domestic routes in January increased by 4.4 percent year-on-year, the first positive year-on-year growth since December 2019, with cargo volume for international routes increasing by 24.7 percent year-on-year, a positive year-on-year growth for three consecutive months, officials from Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) said.
In January, the industry’s all-cargo aircraft completed cargo and mail transportation volume of 281,000 tons, a year-on-year increase of 67.7 percent, maintaining a relatively high growth rate, according to CAAC data.
Insiders attributed it to the support mainly to the robust recovery of trade and business in China.
China’s manufacturing activity continued to expand in January, though growth seems to have moderated with the approaching holiday season, dampened by a recent flare-up of domestic COVID-19 cases, according to recent official data.
Official data released by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) on January 31 showed that China’s manufacturing Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) hit 51.3 in January. The manufacturing PMI has stayed above the 50 mark for 11 consecutive months.
Data from carnoc.com showed that in 2020, the cargo throughput of Shanghai Pudong airport reached 3.688 million tons, ranking the first, followed by 1.75 million tons of Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport and 1.39 million tons of Shenzhen Bao’an International Airport.
Air New Zealand began a cargo service to Guangzhou, South China’s Guangdong Province on February 3, and there were three round cargo services between the two countries last week.
Official data from CAAC showed that the industry recorded 30.18 million passenger trips in January, 59.6 percent of the same period last year.
A China Eastern Airlines cargo flight carrying more than 100 tons of fresh Chilean cherries arrives at Ningbo, East China’s Zhejiang Province on Wednesday, marking the airline’s first logistics flight connecting Ningbo and Chile. The direct link enables local residents in the East China city to enjoy fresh fruit from Chile within 72 hours after it’s picked. Photo IC
