News / Modal competition on the China-Luxembourg 'Air Silk Road' intensifies

Competition is heating up between air and rail for New Silk Road cargo.

Last week, for example, China’s Henan province held a conference to promote the ‘Air Silk Road’, between Zhengzhou and Luxembourg, which  has seen rapid cargo growth in recent years.

Backed by Henan Aviation Development and Investment Group and Luxembourg’s freighter airline, Cargolux, the Air Silk Road can, they said, “overcome infrastructure challenges posed by overland transport.”

Cargolux reportedly said it had operated more than 11,000 flights along the route, carrying ...