China News Service, Kashgar, Xinjiang, January 26 (Ma Xiaodong, Chen Jie) On the 25th, a 1L-76 all-cargo aircraft operated by Russia's Volga-Dnepr Airlines successfully flew from Russia's Moss to Kashgar Lening International Airport. Currently, the all-cargo plane is loaded with Chinese export commodities and returned successfully on the 26th. This marks the official opening of the international all-cargo route from Kashgar, China to Moscow, Russia.
The first flight ceremony of the "Kashgar-Moscow" international cargo route was held. Photo by Ma Xiaodong
According to the staff of Xinjiang Commerce and Logistics (Group) Co., Ltd., this all-cargo aircraft is carrying cross-border e-commerce products including machinery products and clothing, with a load capacity of approximately 38.8 tons and a cargo value of approximately 7.83 million yuan.
Li Hongqi, member of the Kashgar Prefectural Committee and executive deputy commissioner of the Administrative Office, said at the first flight ceremony that the successful opening of this all-cargo route will further expand the opening of the Kashgar air port and unblock the air channels of the Silk Road Economic Belt and the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor. Continue to promote higher-level opening up of Kashgar to the outside world and promote the high-quality development of the Kashgar area of China (Xinjiang) Pilot Free Trade Zone.
According to the staff of Kashgar Leining International Airport, the international all-cargo route from Kashgar, China to Moscow, Russia is the first foreign route opened by the airport this year. Since 2019, Kashgar Lening International Airport has successively opened six international all-cargo routes from Kashgar to Karachi, Pakistan, Islamabad, Pakistan, Lahore, Pakistan, Budapest, Hungary, Liège, Belgium, and Cologne, Germany.
According to reports, the international all-cargo route plans to operate one flight per week in the later stage, and gradually increase the number of flights. In order to ensure the successful maiden flight of this all-cargo aircraft, Kashgar Customs actively communicated with foreign trade companies, airports and other departments based on the actual situation of the flight and the characteristics of the cargo carried, to understand cargo information and service guarantee needs in advance, and continued to follow up on flight plans and Targeted supervision was carried out on the subsequent flight operations to ensure that the work was implemented in place.
Kashgar Customs officers are verifying the cargo information of this all-cargo plane. Photo by Ma Xiaodong
Li Yang, Chief of the Comprehensive Business Section of the Kashgar Customs Office at the Airport, said that in the next step, Kashgar Customs will continue to optimize the business environment at the air port, facilitate customs clearance processes, improve customs clearance efficiency, and fully support enterprises to explore more routes to neighboring countries and regions. New international freight routes in Europe. (over)