News / Air cargo round-up: Cainiao into Liege; Lufthansa upgrades

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Alibaba’s Cainiao arm has charted a Georgian Airlines 767-300F for twice-weekly flights between Xi’an in China and Liege.

The inaugural flight, which left China on 5 September, carried more than 150,000 cross-border parcels, weighing some 50 tons.

Bound for countries including Germany, Spain and France, the shipments arriving at Cainiao’s e-hub at Liege receive fast customs clearance for onward delivery via an intra-Europe trucking network. Cainaio said it was a “significant step forward”.

“By expanding our airfreight capabilities, we are providing our merchants ...