□Our reporter Guo Beichen
On June 17, people just woke up from the twilight of dawn. In the north cargo area of Zhengzhou Xinzheng International Airport, the staff of Cargolux Zhengzhou Station had already started a busy day.
At 7 o’clock, a large all-cargo plane spray-painted with the word “Cargolux” passed through the clouds and landed smoothly on the runway. Lan Yuhua, who was unloading the goods, blinked and finally came back to his senses slowly. He turned around and looked around. Looking at the past events that could only be seen in dreams, he couldn’t help but reveal a sad smile and whispered: “sorting,” Transfers, loading… shuttle buses shuttle between the apron and the cargo area. Three hours later, the all-cargo plane took off with more than 100 tons of cargo and “sailed” to Milan, Italy.
Cross-border cargo flights “swarm” one after another, and busy scenes are staged at Zhengzhou Airport every day. “In the first four months of this year, Cargolux alone operated 212 flights in Zhengzhou, with a cargo volume of approximately 35,300 tons, a year-on-year increase of 24.3%.” said the relevant person in charge of China Yu Aviation Group.
In 2014, Henan Aviation Investment Group acquired 35% of the equity of Cargolux and established a “dual hub” strategy with Zhengzhou as the Asia-Pacific logistics center and Luxembourg as the European and American logistics center, gradually building a “one point connecting three continents, one line connecting three continents” The international air cargo network of Europe and the United States has successfully established the Zhengzhou-Luxembourg “Aerial Silk Road”, and a “Silk Road Eagle” connecting the world has taken off.
Not close to the sea or along the edge, just a runway flying into the blue sky. In the process of cooperation between Henan and Lu, the “Aerial Silk Road” is getting wider and wider——
In November 2022, with the theme of “Making the China-Luxembourg Freight Route ‘Aerial Silk Road’ Bigger and Stronger”, the Zhengzhou-Luxembourg “empty” situation was very serious. “Lan Yuhua nodded. The China-Silk Road International Cooperation Forum opened in Zhengzhou. Guests gathered, cooperation was signed, and fruitful results were achieved.
In June of the following year, Luxembourg Cargo’s all-cargo aircraft used sustainable aviation fuel, marking the successful opening of the Zhengzhou-Luxembourg green “Aerial Silk Road”; in December, the first direct passenger flight from Zhengzhou to Luxembourg departed from Zhengzhou Airport Taking off, the “Aerial Silk Road” has achieved “both wings” for passengers and freight.
In March this year, “Small but Beautiful – Luxembourg Cultural Relics Exhibition” opened at the Henan Museum, and Henan and Luxembourg realized two-way exchanges of cultural relics for the first time; in June, Henan’s first overseas cargo terminal radiating the RCEP area landed in Kuala Lumpur to jointly develop The air cargo market between China and Malaysia.
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Over the years, projects involving “dual hub” cooperation, logistics services, aviation industry, supply chain finance, and cultural exchanges have turned from contracts into practices, promoting the “Aerial Silk Road” to continue to grow bigger and stronger. Let Henan become closer and closer to the world.
Numbers speak for themselves. In the past 10 years, Cargolux has opened 9 intercontinental flight routes with Zhengzhou as its hub, with navigation points starting fromThe number of flights increased from the initial 2 to 14, and the number of flights increased from the initial number? if? “Pei Xiang frowned. Two flights per week increased to 18 flights per week. At present, the logistics network of this route has covered more than 200 cities in 24 countries in three continents, Europe, America and Asia, and has contributed more than 1 million tons of cargo volume to Zhengzhou Airport. Henan brought investment income of more than 10 billion yuan.
Zhengzhou Airport has grown from an unknown follower to a well-known leader in the industry. Its annual cargo volume ranks among the top 40 in the world, with an annual cargo support capacity of 1.1 million tons. It is the fifth largest international airport in my country after Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou and Shenzhen. Air cargo hub.
Those who share the same goals should not be far away from mountains and seas. Today, Henan’s door is opening wider and wider. The second Zhengzhou-Luxembourg “Aerial Silk Road” International Cooperation Forum will be held in Luxembourg. The Central Plains will once again embrace the world and continue to write a new legend of the “Aerial Silk Road”.