China's Hainan launches all-cargo air route to the United States
Xinhua | Updated: 2023-12-03 11:35
HAIKOU - On Friday, a chartered plane loaded with cross-border e-commerce goods worth a total of 8.22 million yuan ($1.16 million) departed from South China's Hainan province for Dallas in the United States, marking the launch of a new all-cargo air route.
It is Hainan's first all-cargo air route to the United States, said Haikou Customs. Its maiden flight departed from the Meilan international airport in Haikou, the provincial capital.
In June 2020, China released a master plan to build Hainan into a globally influential and high-level free trade port by the middle of the century.
Making use of its international airports, Hainan is stepping up efforts to build itself into a regional gateway hub for aviation to the Pacific Ocean and the Indian Ocean, according to the customs office.
Related Stories
- Chinese flight uses sustainable aviation fuel for first time
- Timeline of China's top 10 space achievements of past decade
- Tianzhou 2 cargo ship docks with Tianhe core module, becoming first visiting spacecraft to station
- Tianzhou 2 returns to Earth
- Xi Focus: The Chinese way of fighting coronavirus for safety, growth
