Asia Pacific
Cainiao teams up with Atlas Air, LATAM on SAmercia e-commerce
Cainiao Smart Logistics Network, Atlas Air, and LATAM Airlines are launching a flight operation program linking Hong Kong to Bogota, Colombia and Lima, Peru. ➤
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Asia Pacific
Cainiao taps Hong Kong Air for Southeast Asia e-commerce
Cainiao Smart Logistics Network is partnering Hong Kong Air Cargo to launch cargo flights to Southeast Asia via Cainiao eHub. ➤
Asia Pacific
Alibaba’s Cainiao partners Saudia Cargo on e-commerce
Cainiao Smart Logistics Network and Saudia Cargo are partnering to operate five weekly flights from Hong Kong (HKG) to Liege (LGG) Belgium, via Riyadh (RUH). ➤
Africa
Ethiopian brings first Covid-19 vaccine shipment to Africa
Ethiopian Airlines delivers its first Covid-19 vaccine shipment from Beijing (PEK) to N’Djamena (NDJ), via Addis Ababa (ADD). The 6 February vaccine delivery to the African continent is part of a partnership between Ethiopian Cargo ➤
Asia Pacific
Cainiao invests to keep shipments moving during Lunar NY
Cainiao Smart Logistics Network is piloting a new value-added service in Hong Kong aimed at keeping logistics operations flowing during the upcoming Lunar New Year. ➤
Asia Pacific
Cainiao launches $76m open tender for logistics services
Cainiao Smart Logistics Network, the logistics arm of China’s largest e-commerce platform, Alibaba Group, launches its 2021 open tender for logistics services. ➤
Africa
Cainiao partners Ethiopian for China’s Covid-19 vaccine transport
Cainiao Smart Logistics Network is partnering Ethiopian Airlines to launch a special cold chain air freight solution for temperature-controlled medicines from Shenzhen Airport (SCX), including Covid-19 vaccines. ➤
Airports
Air China Cargo & Cainiao boost presence at Liege
Air China Cargo Airlines and Alibaba’s Cainiao Smart Logistics Network start a new international Cross-border e-commerce route aimed at speeding up average delivery times between China and Europe. The first B777 Freighter flight landed at ➤
Asia Pacific
Cainiao qaudrupling charter flights over next nine months
Cainiao Smart Logistics Network, the logistics arm of Alibaba, China’s largest e-commerce player will be quadrupling Cainiao’s fleet of chartered flights from 260 to 1,260 over the next nine months. This will help reduce its ➤
Airports
HKG exploring new transhipment/intermodal facilities
Hong Kong International Airport (HKG) is exploring the development of new transhipment and intermodal air cargo handling facilities in the airside Eastern Support Area of the three-runway system. The Airport Authority Hong Kong (AAHK) says ➤