A cargo flight route connecting Central Asia was opened with 16 tonnes of cargo, including machine parts and fresh-cut flowers, from Lanzhou Zhongchuan International Airport in northwest China's Gansu Province to Almaty in Kazakhstan, according to Lanzhou customs, media reports.
Chen Mingyuan, an executive of Gansu Port Logistics Co., highlighted the highly complementary trade between Gansu and Central Asian countries.
Chen plans to use Almaty as a hub for commodity distribution to expand foreign trade, improving the operational stability of flights between Gansu and Central Asia.
"The opening of this route provides an opportunity for Gansu to enhance trade with Central Asian countries further and participate in the development of the Belt and Road,"
said Feng Lijie, an employee at the Lanzhou Zhongchuan International Airport customs.
In recent years, Lanzhou has opened up international air cargo routes to various destinations, including Bangkok, Lahore, Phnom Penh, Copenhagen, and Moscow.
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