NEW AIR FREIGHT route links Bengaluru, Shenzhen

A new air freight service linking the southern Chinese metropolis of Shenzhen in Guangdong Province and Bengaluru, was recently launched, officials from Shenzhen Ba’oan International Airport said in a statement. Five flights between the two destinations are scheduled to be operated each week. There are three freight routes connecting the airport and India, and the opening of the new route will increase weekly outbound cargo volume from 190 tonnes to 500 tonnes, officials said. Another four cargo routes linking the airport with Hanoi, Doha, Leipzig, New York, and Bengaluru have been launched this year. The number of global and regional destinations with the airport’s air cargo services has increased to 34, with 370 cargo flights being operated per week. In the first seven months of 2022, the overseas cargo throughput of the airport.