China News Service Client, Beijing, April 22 (Zhang Xu) The second inspector Jin Jun of the Civil Aviation Administration of China Civil Aviation Administration disclosed at a press conference held by the Civil Aviation Administration on the 22nd that since February, the Civil Aviation Administration has accumulatively approved China and foreign countries. The airline has 3178 overtime charter flights. Approval of the 1873 overtime charter flights from Chinese and foreign airlines to "passenger to cargo" has greatly eased the shortage of capacity.
According to Jin Junhao, as of this week (April 20-26), in terms of scheduled international cargo flights, China and 93 overseas destinations in 45 countries maintain regular cargo flights and plan to carry out 1989 cargo flights every week Compared with last week's 1690 classes, an increase of 17.7%; compared with the weekly 1014 classes before the outbreak, an increase of 96.2%.
The picture shows the staff carrying out freight operations. Han Xiaoshe
Jin Jun claimed that recently, the Civil Aviation Administration has specially established a leading group to promote the development of the aviation logistics industry, adopted measures to reduce the cost of international air cargo, established a “green channel” for approval, adopted “point-to-point” freight charter flights, and encouraged passenger airlines to use passenger aircraft to implement all A series of measures, such as cargo flights, establishing a "transportation and trade docking" precision mechanism, and launching a major air transportation guarantee mechanism in time, have shown results so far, and the international air cargo capacity has been significantly improved.
The reporter learned that, affected by the epidemic, the domestic and international air transport markets have undergone significant changes. In the short term, the passenger transport market has declined sharply, and freight demand has increased explosively. In order to cope with the sudden market changes in a short period of time and to protect the needs of material transportation, airlines use all-cargo aircraft and passenger aircraft belly cargo compartments for cargo transportation, and also use the "passenger-to-cargo" method for material transportation.
As of April 19, China Southern Airlines has successfully completed 194 "passenger to cargo" flights and shipped 2,342 tons of cargo to 22 countries including Italy, France, Canada, Australia, Turkey, Malaysia, Japan and South Korea. In the follow-up, China Southern Airlines will continue to carry out passenger cargo transportation on international routes according to market demand and do a good job in ensuring safe transportation.
China Eastern Logistics, which has completed mixed reforms, has given full play to the experience of the whole logistics solution service and the ability to integrate logistics resources, and has made every effort to develop the passenger to cargo business.
China Eastern Logistics dismantled the seats of six A330-200 passenger aircrafts, and both the passenger and cargo compartments can be transported at full capacity. At present, six modified passenger aircrafts have all been put into operation; there are still several passenger aircrafts that have not removed their seats, and use abdominal transportation to transport materials.
Hainan Airlines also launched the charter business of passenger aircraft to cargo on April 2. It has successfully completed 20 "passenger to cargo" charter flights and transported over-ton medical materials to Toronto, Madrid, Bucharest, Kuala Lumpur, Los Angeles, Dublin, Bangkok and other places. .
Tianjin Airlines, a subsidiary of HNA Group, also transported 10 million medical masks produced by Hubei enterprises to Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport on April 16, and opened passenger-to-cargo routes to Melbourne, Australia and Paris, France.
In order to provide guidance and possible technical support to the carrier, as well as to provide safety risk assessment related information on the operation of loading cargo in the passenger cabin of the passenger aircraft, to ensure the safety of such operations, the Civil Aviation Administration issued on April 21 the transportation of cargo loaded in the cabin. Operation Safety Notice.
The "Notice" carries out a risk assessment of the safety of passenger-to-cargo transportation in terms of cargo, ground operations, operations, etc., and puts forward specific recommended measures to guide the carrier to fully evaluate the transportation of cargo carried in the passenger cabin to ensure that such operations are The highest level of safety operates in accordance with laws and regulations and is in the public interest. (Finish)