Landing rights at European airports have been a major concern for many cargo carriers recently, especially in the face of night and noise restrictions and annual takeoff and landing quotas. Speaking of cargo transportation to Europe from China, including the delivery of goods from China to Kiev, it is already possible to identify trends that await transport companies in the near future: unable to obtain landing rights at the busiest airports in the country, Chinese carriers are increasingly turning to an alternative — less significant regional airports.
Recently, Uni-Top Airlines (Wuhan, China) submitted an application to the Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) to launch a series of international cargo flights from Wuhan and Tianjin, which is caused by the growing demand for international transportation, including the delivery of groupage cargo from China to Ukraine. The growth in demand is associated with the development of electronic commerce. Already in April 2018, the transport company plans to make 8 flights per week by 747F or A300F aircraft from its hub in Wuhan to Novosibirsk and Luxembourg.
Uni-Top also inquired about Tianjin – Luxembourg – Wuhan flights operated by 747F aircraft. For her, these will be the first flights from Tianjin.
Tianjin Binhai International Airport, located on the outskirts of Beijing, has recently seen an influx of cargo flights, reflecting capacity constraints at Beijing Capital International Airport (110km to the north) as well as a strong desire by regional authorities to attract new air carriers and transform the city into a major air cargo hub linking China and many European countries: Luxembourg, Germany, Ukraine, etc.
Another carrier Longhao Airlines (Guangzhou) is also new to Tianjin. The carrier recently began operating 5 charter flights a week with a 737-300F on the Nantong-Tianjin route. In this case, Nantong (130 km north of Shanghai) and Tianjin are good alternatives to the airports in Shanghai and Beijing.
Earlier, Tianjin Cargo Airlines confirmed its plans to put three Boeing 737Fs into service in 2018, according to the CAAC. Within five years of starting commercial service, the new carrier plans to expand its cargo fleet to 50 aircraft. Tianjin Cargo Airlines, which received CAAC approval in October 2017, intends to serve domestic routes using narrow-body aircraft before gradually developing international cargo routes operated by wide-body cargo aircraft.
If these ambitious plans bear fruit, cargo transportation to Europe, including the delivery of cargo to Ukraine, will become a regular occurrence at Tianjin International Airport.
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