China News Network Dalian, April 15 (Reporter Yang Yi) A China Southern Airlines A321 aircraft with nearly 6 tons of supplies took off from Dalian Airport at 14:00 on the 15th and arrived at Incheon Airport in Seoul, South Korea at 15:30 local time. The opening of China Southern Airlines' "passenger-to-goods" ticketless flights in Dalian is also the first "passenger-to-goods" international route in Northeast China.
The "Dalian-Seoul" and "passenger-to-goods" international routes operate five unticketed flights every Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday, do not sell passenger tickets, and use the belly cabin of the aircraft to carry out cargo operations.
It is understood that there is a greater demand for logistics transportation of mail and express products from the Dalian to Seoul route. After the reduction of international flights, the demand for international transportation of Japanese and Korean goods in Dalian continues to increase. After the demand for charter flights, the transportation plan was formulated, and the point-to-point centralized sales model was adopted to accurately connect foreign-funded enterprises with urgent transportation needs to airlines and realize full-sale sales in less than 2 days of guaranteed time.
China Southern said that the introduction of the "customer to cargo" business not only met the strong demand for international freight logistics, but also provided strong support for the international fight against the epidemic. It also increased the aircraft utilization rate. Market demand, continue to carry passenger cargo transportation business on international routes and do a good job in safety transportation. (Finish)