Ningbo Airport's international freight volume reaches a new high in the ...

According to Ningbo Airport Customs, the import and export cargo volume of Ningbo Airport Port reached 14000 tons in the first quarter, a year-on-year increase of 40%, and the import and export volume reached 4.95 billion yuan, up by 35.8% year on year. Both the import and export cargo volume and import and export volume reached historical highs for the same period.

In the first quarter, the trade volume of high-tech products at Ningbo Airport Port reached 2.28 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of about 72%; The trade volume of agricultural products was 260 million yuan, a year-on-year increase of about 74%. "Our company's import volume increased by over 100% year on year in the first quarter, laying a solid foundation for achieving the annual target," said Zhao Minjiang, General Manager of Taijing (Ningbo) Electronics Co., Ltd.

The rapid development of international freight business at Ningbo Airport is inseparable from the continuous exploration of "air links". At present, Ningbo Airport has 9 international freight routes operating, forming an air freight network spanning Europe and Asia and connecting North America. In the first quarter, Ningbo Airport Customs supervised a total of 597 inbound and outbound cargo planes, a year-on-year increase of 4.9%.

It is noticeable that Ningbo Airport has also opened "truck flight" transportation services with 13 other airports in different regions such as Shanghai, Nanjing, Hangzhou, and Hefei, achieving preliminary connectivity among major cities in the Yangtze River Delta.

"Truck flights" are fixed ground transportation routes opened between airports and destinations, and are an extension of air transportation, also known as "virtual flights". Statistics show that in the first quarter of this year, the cargo volume of "truck flights" supervised by Ningbo Airport Customs exceeded 1000 tons, a year-on-year increase of 140%. Among them, the cargo volume of "truck flights" between Ningbo Airport and the Yangtze River Delta region amounted to nearly 540 tons, accounting for over 50%.